Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 20:55:25 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> To: Jason <jason@tacorp.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation Message-ID: <20041121205302.X4002@april.chuckr.org> In-Reply-To: <20041121202230.R69445@oeillet.tacorp.com> References: <20041121134911.X1330@april.chuckr.org> <20041121142728.P1330@april.chuckr.org> <Pine.SOC.4.61.0411212237570.10997@tea.blinkenlights.nl> <20041121202708.V3617@april.chuckr.org> <20041121202230.R69445@oeillet.tacorp.com>
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On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Jason wrote: Hey, thanks, Jason, very nice of you, I owe you one. > Go to your openboot console. > > Hook up your serial w/null modem to your ttya. > > type 'ttya io' > > Have a terminal emulator on the other end. > > If using windows, I recomend terra term pro. Others may not work. Me on windows ... fat chance. Not impossible, my employer is quite weird, but I wouldn't be likely to admit it. I'm a lucky fella, I get paid to write unix software. > > > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 20:29:08 -0500 (EST) > > From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> > > To: Jason <jason@tacorp.com> > > Cc: Sten Spans <sten@blinkenlights.nl>, freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: installation > > > > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Jason wrote: > > > > > After you get the os installed, make sure you compile a kernel with > > > syscons. > > > > > > device sc > > > > > > and turn them on in /etc/ttys > > > > > > Why doesn't the GENERIC sparc64 kernel have syscons in it if they work? > > > Wouldn't that fix the installer? > > > > > > whoah, blinkenlights.nl? What happened to starwars at > > > towel.blinkenlights.nl:23 > > > > Well, if I could install at all, then I could build a kernel, right? I > > have to go find ouot what I was pointed towards in the amil archives (not > > found it yet). My poor sparc has no serial terminal and no syscons I know > > of. how dumb, in a machine with 1G of memory. Probably designed for the > > thinner fellas. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > > > > > Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 19:33:52 -0500 (EST) > > > > From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> > > > > To: Sten Spans <sten@blinkenlights.nl> > > > > Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org > > > > Subject: Re: installation > > > > > > > > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Sten Spans wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > The system, in all 5 terminal options, is totally ignoring the cursor > > > > > > keys, can anyone tell me if there is something to do here that will get > > > > > > them working? You can't do an install without the cursor keys, you can't > > > > > > even do partitioning. I can't get the system installed. > > > > > > > > > > use the serial console, or read the mailinglist archives > > > > > about graphical console installations and how to get full > > > > > graphics support going. > > > > > > > > > > This really needs to be added to the 5.3 release notes, > > > > > > > > Boy is that right ... I wouldn't have bothered you if the release notes > > > > had been anywhere near correct. I really make some effort not to bother > > > > without need (I'm not perfect in this, but I make an effort), > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, > > > > chuckr@chuckr.org | electronics, communications, and SF/Fantasy. > > > > > > > > New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up > > > > fictitious words in the dictionary (on the wall at my old fraternity, > > > > Signa Phi Nothing). > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64 > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, > > chuckr@chuckr.org | electronics, communications, and SF/Fantasy. > > > > New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up > > fictitious words in the dictionary (on the wall at my old fraternity, > > Signa Phi Nothing). > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@chuckr.org | electronics, communications, and SF/Fantasy. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary (on the wall at my old fraternity, Signa Phi Nothing). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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