From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Jan 25 2: 8:48 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06FF637B405 for ; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 02:08:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.ruhr.de (in-ruhr4.ruhr.de [212.23.134.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A1EC743F13 for ; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 02:08:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ue@nathan.ruhr.de) Received: (qmail 29073 invoked by uid 10); 25 Jan 2003 10:08:37 -0000 Received: from nathan.internal (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nathan.internal (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0PA4m0B066781; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 11:04:48 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ue@nathan.internal) Received: (from ue@localhost) by nathan.internal (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h0PA4m6q066780; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 11:04:48 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 11:04:48 +0100 From: Udo Erdelhoff To: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sparc64 Fbsd5.0 Message-ID: <20030125100448.GA57904@nathan.ruhr.de> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG References: <368D67626F94DC42890180F75B1E97C799949D@newman.bisinc.net> <20030124205352.GI30015@procyon.firepipe.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030124205352.GI30015@procyon.firepipe.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 12:53:52PM -0800, Will Andrews wrote: > On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 09:54:10AM -0600, Eric Humphries wrote: > > I recently purchased a Sun Ultra 30. I would like to run FreeBSD 5.0 on > > it, but after I select which terminal type I want and proceed to the > > next terminal screen, my keyboard doesn't appear to be functioning > > properly. > > You can't use the keyboard console (yet). You must use a serial > console to install (and use) FreeBSD. I think we should mention this in the errata for 5.0 and the sparc installation instructions. Any objections to these patches: RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.24 diff -u -r1.24 article.sgml --- article.sgml 24 Jan 2003 04:18:30 -0000 1.24 +++ article.sgml 25 Jan 2003 10:02:15 -0000 @@ -274,5 +274,10 @@ &release.prev;, but was not documented in the release notes. + SPARC Installation + + Install &os; on an UltraSPARC system can only be done via a + serial console, it is not possible to use the keyboard + console. RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/install.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.19 diff -u -r1.19 install.sgml --- install.sgml 12 Jan 2003 18:27:03 -0000 1.19 +++ install.sgml 25 Jan 2003 10:04:14 -0000 @@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ &os;/sparc64. It is not possible to share a disk with another operating system at this time. + You cannot use the keyboard console to + install &os;/sparc64, use a serial console instead. + If you are /s/Udo -- Now they show you how detergents take out bloodstains; a pretty violent image there. I think if you've got a T-shirt with a bloodstain all over it, maybe laundry isn't your biggest problem. Maybe you should get rid of the body before you do the wash. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message