From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 1 20:11:46 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D492106564A for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2011 20:11:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from PMahan@adaranet.com) Received: from barracuda.adaranet.com (smtp.adaranet.com [72.5.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1304A8FC1B for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2011 20:11:45 +0000 (UTC) X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1296590139-554969280001-jLrpzn Received: from SJ-EXCH-1.adaranet.com ([10.10.1.29]) by barracuda.adaranet.com with ESMTP id dFp2duHshlXEGQDi; Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:55:39 -0800 (PST) X-Barracuda-Envelope-From: PMahan@adaranet.com Received: from SJ-EXCH-1.adaranet.com ([fe80::7042:d8c2:5973:c523]) by SJ-EXCH-1.adaranet.com ([fe80::7042:d8c2:5973:c523%14]) with mapi; Tue, 1 Feb 2011 11:55:39 -0800 From: Patrick Mahan X-Barracuda-BBL-IP: fe80::7042:d8c2:5973:c523 X-Barracuda-RBL-IP: fe80::7042:d8c2:5973:c523 To: Dan Nelson Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 11:55:27 -0800 X-ASG-Orig-Subj: RE: serial config handbook: /boot.conf or /boot.config Thread-Topic: serial config handbook: /boot.conf or /boot.config Thread-Index: AcvCSYhpmDcC3e4uSM6Mig8rVdT0CAAAGEMg Message-ID: <32AB5C9615CC494997D9ABB1DB12783C024CC075D8@SJ-EXCH-1.adaranet.com> References: <4D48257F.7030800@ifdnrg.com> <32AB5C9615CC494997D9ABB1DB12783C024CC075B2@SJ-EXCH-1.adaranet.com> <20110201195213.GR75125@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20110201195213.GR75125@dan.emsphone.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-cr-hashedpuzzle: FQH7 H0V+ I+pi I/eY NRMN NkTE N2cB OGrq Qq2m RYZl VBic W+rP dTgG fCu8 g7Re howD; 3; ZABuAGUAbABzAG8AbgBAAGEAbABsAGEAbgB0AGcAcgBvAHUAcAAuAGMAbwBtADsAZgByAGUAZQBiAHMAZAAtAHEAdQBlAHMAdABpAG8AbgBzAEAAZgByAGUAZQBiAHMAZAAuAG8AcgBnADsAcABhAHUAbABAAGkAZgBkAG4AcgBnAC4AYwBvAG0A; Sosha1_v1; 7; {82B7DA41-5110-41B5-BD32-E85EECB9BAC8}; cABtAGEAaABhAG4AQABhAGQAYQByAGEAbgBlAHQALgBjAG8AbQA=; Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:55:27 GMT; UgBFADoAIABzAGUAcgBpAGEAbAAgAGMAbwBuAGYAaQBnACAAaABhAG4AZABiAG8AbwBrADoAIAAgAC8AYgBvAG8AdAAuAGMAbwBuAGYAIABvAHIAIAAvAGIAbwBvAHQALgBjAG8AbgBmAGkAZwA= x-cr-puzzleid: {82B7DA41-5110-41B5-BD32-E85EECB9BAC8} acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Barracuda-Connect: UNKNOWN[10.10.1.29] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1296590139 X-Barracuda-URL: http://172.16.10.203:8000/cgi-mod/mark.cgi X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at adaranet.com Cc: Paul Macdonald , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: RE: serial config handbook: /boot.conf or /boot.config X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:11:46 -0000 It's at the root - # echo /boot.conf -P Patrick ---------------------------------------------------- Patrick Mahan Lead Technical Kernel Engineer Adara Networks Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are solely the responsibility of th= e author and are not to be construed as an official opinion of Adara Networks. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Nelson [mailto:dnelson@allantgroup.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 11:52 AM > To: Patrick Mahan > Cc: Paul Macdonald; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: serial config handbook: /boot.conf or /boot.config > > In the last episode (Feb 01), Patrick Mahan said: > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > > questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Paul Macdonald > > > I'm trying to get the dell bmc +sol serial thing working, kin dof > > > getting there, but noticed this inconsistency in the handbook: > > > > > > Is it boot.conf or boot.config? > > > > > > Create boot.config in the root directory of the a partition on the bo= ot > > > drive. > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859- > 1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html#SERIALCONSOLE-HOWTO > > > > > > 7.2 Create the /boot.conf file > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/console- > server/freebsd.html > > > > Here on my HP Proliant 350's I use - > > > > /boot.conf > > > > This is with FreeBSD 8.0. > > I don't see anything in /usr/src/sys/boot that reads a "/boot.conf". boo= t2 > reads "/boot.config", and the loader will read "/boot/boot.conf" but that > path is deprecated. > > I have -D in /boot.config on my SOL-enabled Dell 1950, which allows for > both > serial and keyboard input during the boot process. > > -- > Dan Nelson > dnelson@allantgroup.com