Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:05:02 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Forrest Aldrich <forrie@forrie.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Initial installation console Message-ID: <200009202005.NAA05217@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 20 Sep 2000 15:39:20 EDT." <5.0.0.25.2.20000920153739.02040eb0@64.20.73.233>
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> Can the configuration for bootup and initial installation be configured to > detect (and configure) a serial console. This would be very useful for > rackmount systems. Yes, I know it can be done manually after the > installation is completed with a monitor; but this would save some time. Not at the moment, unfortunately. Due to some stupidity in modern BIOS code, the automatic keyboard detection that we used to do no longer works and had to be removed. If you can deal with booting from floppies, you can create /boot.config on the first floppy containing just '-h' and you'll get a serial console. If you're building a CDROM install distribution, vnconfig/mount the boot.flp image and do the same there. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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