Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:32:53 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Jesse Sheidlower <jester@panix.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD remotely via serial console Message-ID: <20080304173223.F65719@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20080304153700.GA26045@panix.com> References: <20080304153700.GA26045@panix.com>
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much better method - install via livecd, let someone start livecd, set UP IP, gateway, resolv.conf and start sshd then you do the rest On Tue, 4 Mar 2008, Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > > I'm getting a new Dell server delivered to our corporate > datacenter. There is a serial console available there. > > What is the process for installing FreeBSD remotely by logging > in to the serial console? I'm assuming that I can get a tech > in the datacenter to put a FreeBSD install disc into the CD > drive, and take it from there, but I've never used a serial > console and don't know what the process is. > > I'm trying to avoid having to either travel to the datacenter > myself, or to get the server shipped to me here for > installation and then shipped down to the datacenter. > > Thanks. > > Jesse Sheidlower > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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