Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 08:13:11 -0400 From: "Otter" <otterr@telocity.com> To: "Alfred Perlstein" <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: serial console installs? Message-ID: <HLEDJBJKDDPDJBMGCLPPMEGJCEAA.otterr@telocity.com> In-Reply-To: <20000929180515.V27736@fw.wintelcom.net>
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}-----Original Message----- }From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Alfred }Perlstein }Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 9:05 PM }To: Danny Howard }Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG }Subject: Re: serial console installs? } } }* Danny Howard <dannyman@tellme.com> [000929 17:58] wrote: }> Has something changed with 4.1-R and 4.1.1-R? I've }managed serial-console }> installs on machines up to 4.0-R, but with 4.1 I can only }get VGA output from }> the kern.flp image. I've tried two different machines. }I'm tempted to try }> 4.0-R kern.flp and install 4.1 using that, but if kern.flp }has dropped serial }> console support that is a very upsetting prospect ... }> }> Does anyone have a clue they can point me at? } }Yeah, it was just brought up a day or so ago, some lame large }manufacturer broke the keyboard detection routines so we need to }default to video, solution is to edit the floppy, just mount it }and edit the /boot/loader.conf for serial support. } }sorry, }-- }-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] }"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." } Was it a particular manufacturer? Or do all machines fail on a serial install? -Otter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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