From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed May 2 16: 0:20 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B425037B423 for ; Wed, 2 May 2001 16:00:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f42N0Bj97892; Wed, 2 May 2001 16:00:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Received: from berglass.osd.bsdi.com (dhcp250.osd.bsdi.com [204.216.28.250]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A539737B422 for ; Wed, 2 May 2001 15:52:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from logo@berglass.osd.bsdi.com) Received: (from logo@localhost) by berglass.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.3/8.11.1) id f433jXL00394; Wed, 2 May 2001 20:45:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from logo) Message-Id: <200105030345.f433jXL00394@berglass.osd.bsdi.com> Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 20:45:33 -0700 (PDT) From: logo@osd.bsdi.com Reply-To: logo@blackened.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: logo@blackened.com, murray@osd.bsdi.com X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: misc/27041: adding another .flp to the tree Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >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 while the boot loader is starting (this is when the \|/- symbols are going insane on startup), then typing "-h". >Fix: No problem, no fix. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message