From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 29 09:39:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E60F16A4CE for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2004 09:39:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.valuehost.co.uk (mail.valuehost.co.uk [62.25.99.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7123043D1D for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2004 09:39:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bjorn@eikeland.info) Received: (qmail 87941 invoked by uid 89); 29 Jan 2004 17:39:20 +0000 Received: from unknown (HELO beer) (bjorn@eikeland.info@80.202.106.8) by mail.valuehost.co.uk with SMTP; 29 Jan 2004 17:39:20 +0000 Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 18:39:30 +0100 To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" From: Bjorn Eikeland Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-15 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: User-Agent: Opera7.21/Win32 M2 build 3218 Subject: Serial console install via boot cd? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 17:39:36 -0000 Hi, I'm wanting to do a install via a serial console as I've only got one monitor, but I havent got any floppy drives here either.. Can the floppy procedure be used with a bootable cd, by just doing echo "/boot/loader -h" > /iso_dir/boot.config ? .. and I'm really wanting to put /usr on a existing vinum volume, is this a feasable solution: add vinum_load="yes" and vinum_after="mkdir /raid; mount /dev/vinum/raid /raid;ln -s /raid/usr /usr" so allow /raid/usr to be used as /usr? And the final question, after copying the files to my hardrive and editing them, how can I get the boot image for the cd onto the new cd - this can be done in either freebsd (or windows/nero - whatever is easiest)! If there are any resources I have not found I would appreciate a link, otherwise any help is appreciated! Bjorn