From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 24 00:33:57 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) id AAA08723 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 24 Jul 1995 00:33:57 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id AAA08696 for ; Mon, 24 Jul 1995 00:33:52 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id RAA29431; Mon, 24 Jul 1995 17:16:40 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199507240746.RAA29431@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Headless/keyboardless booting... To: joe@via.net (Joe McGuckin) Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 17:16:40 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199507240710.AAA04047@mustang.via.net> from "Joe McGuckin" at Jul 24, 95 00:10:46 am Content-Type: text Content-Length: 900 Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk 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 [[