Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 17:16:40 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: joe@via.net (Joe McGuckin) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Headless/keyboardless booting... Message-ID: <199507240746.RAA29431@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199507240710.AAA04047@mustang.via.net> from "Joe McGuckin" at Jul 24, 95 00:10:46 am
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Joe McGuckin stands accused of saying: > Can freebsd boot without a keyboard or video card? Can a > serial port be configured as the console port for diagnostic > and boot messages? I'd like to put a 486 in a closet & not > waste a keyboard and video card/monitor. I'd like the option > of plugging in a noteboot to the serial port if it ever developed > problems that couldn't be fixed over a telnet connection. In principle yes; I've noticed that some systems have problems booting without a keyboard though. > -p -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[
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