Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 12:23:55 -0700 From: Jeremiah Wulf <lannenw@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 93, Issue 17 Message-ID: <810f698a05040812237c05beb8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050408120045.EE69116A50D@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20050408120045.EE69116A50D@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Apr 8, 2005 5:00 AM, freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org <freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org> wrote: > Send freebsd-questions mailing list submissions to > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > freebsd-questions-owner@freebsd.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of freebsd-questions digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Serial console connection problem (Jonathan Chen) > 2. Re: install.cfg (was RE: & No Subject) (wizlayer) > 3. Re: install.cfg (was RE: & No Subject) (John Meing) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 22:38:53 +1200 > From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> > Subject: Re: Serial console connection problem > To: Jani Luukkanen <jani@soundflows.com> > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <20050408103853.GA6841@osiris.chen.org.nz> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 01:26:02PM +0300, Jani Luukkanen wrote: > > [...] > > Sorry for confusing explanation. The board has built in serial console > > feature, which you can turn on from bios. This allows you to access the > > machine through serial port no matter in what condition the machine > > would be. (Hanging in the boot-phase or kernel dead) > > > > Option has been set up so that the serial console replaces one of the > > comports. (In this case it would be replacing Com1 in the 5.3 machine) > > 4.10 is of course configured with ordinary serial ports so that it would > > have access to the serial terminal of the other machine. > > > > Might be this is irrelevant but just wondering does BSD need in that > > case some special conf for this purpose or just needs replacing the > > getty settings. (Previously with 4.10 configuration i managed to connect > > through minicom) > > Hmm. This is a different case altogether. I suspect that the 5.3 > kernel is intefering with your BIOS console. You may have to disble > the kernel from recognising the port altogether so that it doesn't get > in the way. > > Cheers. > -- > Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jesus saves. > Allah forgives. > Cthulu thinks you'd make a nice sandwich. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 06:55:31 -0400 > From: wizlayer <wizlayer@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: install.cfg (was RE: & No Subject) > To: John Meing <attackers@gmail.com> > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <200504080655.32758.wizlayer@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Friday 08 April 2005 02:31 am, John Meing wrote: > > Mike I also tried to use only following line in install.cfg > > (without the rc.conf lines) > > > > command="passwd root" system > > > > which should not has mismatching quote errors (and I tested > > with /stand/sysinstalld and it worked) but it didn't work when > > i put it in install.cfg :(( > > > > John Meing > > > [snip] > > > Okay, but that still doesn't work for the syntax... Going > > > back to > > > > > > your original post: > > > > command="echo sendmail_enable="NONE" >> /etc/rc.conf" > > > > system > > > > > > would at best cause mismatching quote errors (which is what > > > I'm assuming you're getting?) > > > > > > Mike > > hmmm... I googled this list and found the following link (which > may wrap in email): > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2004-January/031620.html > > I'm thinking perhaps this function through sysinstall isn't > completely implemented yet.... or.... I've just noticed there's > no mention of a shell (hmmmm)... > > Maybe something like: > > # /stand/sysinstall command="sh passwd root" system > > Even though it doesn't seem to work from the command line, I > wonder if the problem isn't something along these lines? Perhaps > putting these commands into a script and then having install.cfg > run the script instead would clear it up. > > (I'm shooting in the dark here, I know... But now I'm curious...) > > Mike > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 18:10:34 +0700 > From: John Meing <attackers@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: install.cfg (was RE: & No Subject) > To: wizlayer@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <4f34b68f0504080410283a7d01@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Mike, > > Thanks alot for your suggestion, I'll try to put these lines to a > shell script and try to make install.cfg run them. I'll post results > soon. > > John Meing > > On Apr 8, 2005 5:55 PM, wizlayer <wizlayer@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Friday 08 April 2005 02:31 am, John Meing wrote: > > > Mike I also tried to use only following line in install.cfg > > > (without the rc.conf lines) > > > > > > command="passwd root" system > > > > > > which should not has mismatching quote errors (and I tested > > > with /stand/sysinstalld and it worked) but it didn't work when > > > i put it in install.cfg :(( > > > > > > John Meing > > > > > [snip] > > > > Okay, but that still doesn't work for the syntax... Going > > > > back to > > > > > > > > your original post: > > > > > command="echo sendmail_enable="NONE" >> /etc/rc.conf" > > > > > system > > > > > > > > would at best cause mismatching quote errors (which is what > > > > I'm assuming you're getting?) > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > hmmm... I googled this list and found the following link (which > > may wrap in email): > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2004-January/031620.html > > > > I'm thinking perhaps this function through sysinstall isn't > > completely implemented yet.... or.... I've just noticed there's > > no mention of a shell (hmmmm)... > > > > Maybe something like: > > > > # /stand/sysinstall command="sh passwd root" system > > > > Even though it doesn't seem to work from the command line, I > > wonder if the problem isn't something along these lines? Perhaps > > putting these commands into a script and then having install.cfg > > run the script instead would clear it up. > > > > (I'm shooting in the dark here, I know... But now I'm curious...) > > > > Mike > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > End of freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 93, Issue 17 > ************************************************* >
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