From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 29 17:41:30 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA03161 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 29 Dec 1995 17:41:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (rah.star-gate.com [204.188.121.18]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA03154 for ; Fri, 29 Dec 1995 17:41:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.v-site.net (localhost.v-site.net [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA04127; Fri, 29 Dec 1995 17:41:13 -0800 Message-Id: <199512300141.RAA04127@rah.star-gate.com> X-Authentication-Warning: rah.star-gate.com: Host localhost.v-site.net didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.2 7/18/95 To: Douglas Ambrisko cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: syscons driver In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 29 Dec 1995 17:18:13 PST." <199512300118.RAA16298@cozumel.tcs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 17:41:11 -0800 From: "Amancio Hasty Jr." Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk >>> Douglas Ambrisko said: > Amancio Hasty Jr. writes: > | > | >>> Joe Greco said: > | > I'm told that there are toolkits available that can help do this sort o f > | > stuff, but it's not clear that they are shareware.... maybe rewriting the > | > current dialog library to work either way is the answer :-) > | > > | > | Now, I am going to sit on my corner to see what are the arguments for > | not writing a systall which can run with X .... Now I am curious 8) > > I'd like to be able to install my gateway FreeBSD box through the serial > console tied to my main FreeBSD box. > > Doug A. Yeap, I would like to use one of my shoe strings to tied my boxes over here to do net install 8) It seems to me like if you got the two boxes close enough that you ought to be able to clone the disk on one box and then move the disk to your other box. I would do that rather than bothering with installing over a serial port . Amancio