From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Mar 2 22:26:28 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93ED537B718 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2001 22:26:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f236QFd61742; Fri, 2 Mar 2001 23:26:19 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Message-Id: <200103030626.f236QFd61742@harmony.village.org> To: Mike Meyer Subject: Re: KERNCONF instead of KERNEL? Cc: stable@FreeBSD.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> Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 23:26:15 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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