Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 20:45:33 -0700 (PDT) From: logo@osd.bsdi.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: logo@blackened.com, murray@osd.bsdi.com Subject: misc/27041: adding another .flp to the tree Message-ID: <200105030345.f433jXL00394@berglass.osd.bsdi.com>
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>Number: 27041
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: modify src/release/Makefile to make another floppy image
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed May 02 16:00:11 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Valentino Vaschetto
>Release: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386
>Organization:
Windriver/BSDi
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD berglass.osd.bsdi.com 4.3-STABLE FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #0: Mon Apr 30 22:15:41 PDT 2001 root@berglass.osd.bsdi.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/BERGLASS i386
>Description:
FreeBSD says that it has the option to allow one to install fbsd onto a system
that doesnt have a monitor. This can be done using a serial connection between
2 systems. In order to do such a thing, you need to either have an existing
freebsd system, or you'd need a special kern.flp that will add a -h option during
boot time so that the console is set to be displayed on the first serial port. The
only thing that is different between kern.flp and the this headless install floppy
would be that this floppy would contain a file called "boot.config" in the root of
that floppy that would contain "/boot/loader -h", which would set the serial console
stuff up. I don't know enough about makefiles and C to do it myself, so I am hoping
someone has a chance to do this.
>How-To-Repeat:
You can do this yourself on your system be hitting the <anykey> while the boot loader
is starting (this is when the \|/- symbols are going insane on startup), then typing
"-h<enter>".
>Fix:
No problem, no fix.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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