From owner-freebsd-current Thu Sep 21 1:24: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from server.baldwin.cx (server.geekhouse.net [64.81.6.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DEC837B43C for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2000 01:24:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (root@john.baldwin.cx [192.168.1.18]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA79007; Thu, 21 Sep 2000 01:25:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john@baldwin.cx) Received: (from john@localhost) by john.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) id BAA38736; Thu, 21 Sep 2000 01:25:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john) Message-Id: <200009210825.BAA38736@john.baldwin.cx> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20000920125017.E9141@fw.wintelcom.net> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 01:25:20 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin To: Alfred Perlstein Subject: Re: Initial installation console Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, Forrest Aldrich Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 20-Sep-00 Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Forrest Aldrich [000920 12:46] wrote: >> 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. >> >> If I'm missing something obvious, please let me know. I just tested it >> with a 2u system, booted up with a serial console, and it wasn't detected. > > If you boot without a keyboard attached and make sure you're using > "Com1" then it should work. No, it doesn't. :( The probe keyboard option is off in both -stable and -current due to all the broken K7 motherboards running around whose keyboards weren't being recognized. If we can get some better keyboard probing code in boot2, then we can reactivate the option. However, before installing, you can mount the kernel floppy, and type 'echo -P > /mnt/boot.config' and then unmount the floppy and boot from the floppies to get the old behavior. > -Alfred -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message