From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Apr 27 14:18:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA09837 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 14:18:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.airmail.net (mail.airmail.net [206.66.12.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA09808; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 14:18:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jamesn@airmail.net) Received: by mail.airmail.net (/\##/\ Smail3.1.30.16 #30.237) for freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org sender: id ; Mon, 27 Apr 98 16:18:06 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19980427161806.38506@airmail.net> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 16:18:06 -0500 From: James Nuckolls To: Poul-Henning Kamp , jamesn@iadfw.net, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: conf/5637 References: <199804271654.JAA15606@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <199804271654.JAA15606@freefall.freebsd.org>; from Poul-Henning Kamp on Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 09:54:46AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 09:54:46AM -0700, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > Synopsis: Not quite possible to install FreeBSD from a serial console > > State-Changed-From-To: open-closed > State-Changed-By: phk > State-Changed-When: Mon Apr 27 09:53:40 PDT 1998 > State-Changed-Why: > kind of a catch22 there... Care to elaborate? If the boot blocks simply bother to probe the keyboard on startup there does not seem to be a problem. (in fact, as a hack, after I make a boot disk I add -P to boot.config on the [real] root file system of the boot disk.) If course I'm just a user... (oh sorry, I've been in a DEC touchy feely marketing meeting all afternoon...). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message