Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 16:08:56 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Headless question Message-ID: <20031001210856.GB2421@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <8765j8d6cl.fsf@strauser.com> References: <046801c3885a$a9e028a0$0701a8c0@darryl> <8765j8d6cl.fsf@strauser.com>
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In the last episode (Oct 01), Kirk Strauser said: > At 2003-10-01T20:29:06Z, "Darryl Hoar" <darryl@osborne-ind.com> writes: > > > Do you have to do anything special to run it without a monitor (space > > considerations) ? > > I've been using a headless Alpha tracking 4-STABLE for about a year without > taking any special measures. You may also want to enable the serial console, so you can remotely reboot the machine if it hangs on you. I believe all that you need is to add console="comconsole" to /boot/loader.conf, and possibly also enable logins on /dev/ttyd0 in /etc/ttys. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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