From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 1 11:28:28 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 883D01065695 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 11:28:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 338668FC19 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 11:28:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA03.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.27]) by QMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id MNPs1a0030bG4ec55PUTlx; Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:28:27 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([67.180.253.227]) by OMTA03.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id MPUS1a00J4v8bD73PPUT8E; Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:28:27 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=1jPebNEPyfMA:10 a=3bd3AhXqXggA:10 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=bzJaOOOpvEtlIxAQhbMA:9 a=2z8XUUHjXzaV3tJFgHewwxZdcUgA:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8A1A9C9432; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 04:28:26 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 04:28:26 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Carl Message-ID: <20081001112826.GA20013@icarus.home.lan> References: <48E345AF.6050409@telus.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48E345AF.6050409@telus.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot create custom FreeBSD 7.0 install CD for serial console X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:28:28 -0000 On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 02:41:03AM -0700, Carl wrote: > I've been trying to create a modified FreeBSD 7.0 install CD that will > allow me to do installations entirely via the serial console on a > headless system. Lots of digging on the Internet, reading the handbook, > and I've gotten nowhere fast. Try this: http://jdc.parodius.com/freebsd/pxeboot_serial_install.html -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |