From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 9 18:04:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B14FD16A4CE for ; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 18:04:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3EC043D48 for ; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 18:04:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 94CBC72DF2; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 11:04:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F41472DB5; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 11:04:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 11:04:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Eugene Grosbein In-Reply-To: <20040808151218.GA9847@grosbein.pp.ru> Message-ID: <20040809105027.V77234@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20040808151218.GA9847@grosbein.pp.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/58951: Some problems with 4.9-RELEASE installation using comconsole X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 18:04:03 -0000 Stripping cc: list down to -stable only. Don't crosspost lists, please. On Sun, 8 Aug 2004, Eugene Grosbein wrote: > Is there anyone interested in fixing 4.x-RELEASE serial console > installation? Serial console installation works fine, tehnically speaking. :) Your complaint has two parts: 1. -P doesn't work on your system. This doesn't suprise me; may BIOSen will say a keyboard is there when it is not. Its possible this is the case for you, which is something that FreeBSD can't fix. You should use the -h option in this instance, which forces serial console regardless. 2. Sysinstall does not configure the system for serial console if it was installed from one. A reasonable feature request, but certainly not something that can be done quickly. You can do this manually by starting the Fixit shell and running echo "-h" > /dist/boot.config vi /dist/etc/ttys (enable ttyd0 console) (untested, but you get the idea hopefully) -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org