From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 29 21:21:35 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id VAA29771 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 29 Dec 1995 21:21:35 -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 VAA29766 for ; Fri, 29 Dec 1995 21:21:27 -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 VAA00740; Fri, 29 Dec 1995 21:19:59 -0800 Message-Id: <199512300519.VAA00740@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: Joe Greco cc: ambrisko@tcs.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: syscons driver In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 29 Dec 1995 22:16:01 CST." <199512300416.WAA09248@brasil.moneng.mei.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 21:19:51 -0800 From: "Amancio Hasty Jr." Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk >>> Joe Greco said: > That's not always feasible or possible (different types of disks or > controllers, for example). I hate having to take apart a machine to drop a > graphics card into it just so I can install... > > (ok ok ok I admit it, all of my boxes have graphics cards right now, but the > ultimate goal is to run mostly serial consoles, because going around the > back of the equipment racks and plugging and unplugging monitor and keyboard > extenders to gain console access to a box is silly). > > It's bad enough that sysinstall seems to be linked to syscons ... > Well, it seems to me that you guys are crafty enough to sort out a way to do a system intall. Cheers, Amancio