Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:51:34 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: David Rhodus <drhodus@catpa.com> Cc: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to install freebsd on HP rx2600 server Message-ID: <20031112035134.GA870@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <90BC634C-14C0-11D8-96E2-000A959B213E@catpa.com> References: <Law10-F65ovJStHz4Cs0005be9a@hotmail.com> <20031112031926.GA794@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <90BC634C-14C0-11D8-96E2-000A959B213E@catpa.com>
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On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 10:30:30PM -0500, David Rhodus wrote: > > On Nov 11, 2003, at 10:19 PM, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > >On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 10:29:09AM +0800, chen bo wrote: > >> i have a HP rx2600 server ,which has only usb keyboard. > >> > >> because the reason : > >> We cannot have a console (i.e. VGA and keyboard) on ia64 because our > >>console code is PC specific. We probe USB devices, including > >>keyboards, > >>but we cannot use them yet. > >> > >> how to install freebsd5.1 release on the server ? > > > >Serial console. > > Is there any chance of that being changed anytime soon? That has to be > one of the major things stopping me for ordering a ia64 machine to play > with.... Not soon. I've been playing with the thought and have actually started to write a new console subsystem. Both pcvt and syscons need too much work to make them sufficiently portable that I don't think it's worth trying to fix them. Also, fixing syscons implies breaking functionality on i386. -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net
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