Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 21:54:26 -0500 From: "Eric Crist" <ecrist@secure-computing.net> To: "'Bruce Hunter'" <bhunter@solisix.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Connecting to a headless system Message-ID: <003d01c437cc$70d83490$6401a8c0@Nomad> In-Reply-To: <40A15B44.8010206@solisix.com>
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-----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Hunter Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 6:01 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Connecting to a headless system I have installed FreeBSD 5.2.1 using the headless install method. My problem is this. I can't get the login prompt when connecting using cu -l /dev/cuaa0, after the install /reboot. I did setup ssh, but I can't connect using ssh and root. I did not setup another account, so I have to get in and install an account. I did get single user up, but I have limited commands and it won't allow me to adduser.?? When I boot up under default, it just holds at the date and time. Please help? Or any ideas of what I should be doing differently. Bruce Bruce, You need to mount all the correct file systems before you can add users to the system. By default, only the root / partition is mounted, and that is read-only. Once you mount the other filesystems, you should have no problems. Also, I usually have -Dh in my /boot.config file, and enable cuaa0 as a secure terminal (disabled by default). You can change this in /etc/ttys. HTH Eric F Crist
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