Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 23:26:15 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: KERNCONF instead of KERNEL? Message-ID: <200103030626.f236QFd61742@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 02 Mar 2001 13:59:48 CST." <15007.64436.475064.323404@guru.mired.org> References: <15007.64436.475064.323404@guru.mired.org> <3A9FEBF1.8C1A5AC4@eng.ufl.edu> <20010302105521.A29174@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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In message <15007.64436.475064.323404@guru.mired.org> Mike Meyer writes: : How well does setting the serial console help in this case? I've not : used it, as my remote admin experience is with hardware that lets you : talk to the mobo rom via a serial line. If the appropriate serial : flags will let you work in single user mode over a serial line, then : you can do the installworld in single user mode. If they let you boot : an alternate kernel over a serial line, then you're set, aren't you? Yes. Serial line remote consoles are indeed useful for remote installs doing a major upgrade. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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