Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 06:16:14 -0500 From: "Martin G. McCormick" <martin@server1.shellworld.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Still Trying to Run Installer Through Serial Port Message-ID: <20141020111614.8A227228B7@server1.shellworld.net>
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Is there a way to cause an unmodified FreeBSD9.1 installation disk to run a serial console? Since I am unable to create a modified ISO image of the installation disk that will fit back on to a CDROM, I am grasping at straws, now. While this could be called a headless installation, it actually is being done locally but I can't use the video display on the target system. The usual procedure if a computer user is blind is to use a computer that is working as a terminal in to the target system and, by whatever means is at hand, direct things from that terminal. The FreeBSD handbook mentions a small pause in the boot process that allows the caller to insert boot parameters such as to call up a serial console, etc. Will that work off of a standard new installation disk? If so, it more or less resolves the impasse I am at right now. A long time ago, I think in about FreeBSD4 or so, one could actually boot the installation medium in to a serial console without any modifications to the image. That capability went away around FreeBSD 6 or so but one could modify the image and stuff it back on to a new CDROM without too much trouble. If the ability to start a serial console is back in some form again, I can go ahead and finish this project. Thanks for all constructive suggestions. Martin McCormick
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