From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Nov 16 12:30:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA12739 for bugs-outgoing; Sun, 16 Nov 1997 12:30:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA12727; Sun, 16 Nov 1997 12:30:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 12:30:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199711162030.MAA12727@hub.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs Cc: From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) Subject: Re: misc/5001: During installation sc0 device is required, but you can disable it Reply-To: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The following reply was made to PR misc/5001; it has been noted by GNATS. From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: anthony@pinkworks.com Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/5001: During installation sc0 device is required, but you can disable it Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 20:57:22 +0100 As anthony@pinkworks.com wrote: > I think that is should not be possible to disable to sc0 device. There might be good reasons why you want to be able to disable the sc0 device, for example if you're booting from a serial console and don't have the appropriate video hardware installed at all. (Yes, about 80 or such percent of the PeeCees do know how to handle this situation.) Unfortunately, the configuration screen at first-time boot is the same as for any further boot (basically), so generally disabling to shoot into your foot is not an option. Ideally, one should be able to install from a serial console, mind you, but it indeed takes a new system installation tool in order to allow *this*. :-) If all goes well with Jordan's intentions, FreeBSD 3.0 might have that tool. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)