Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 06:50:44 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Marian Hettwer <MH@kernel32.de> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial console install Message-ID: <42551E94.30800@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <4142.212.12.51.89.1112874483.squirrel@212.12.51.89> References: <787bbe1c0504070307670f5e5d@mail.gmail.com> <4255182E.1020002@centtech.com> <4142.212.12.51.89.1112874483.squirrel@212.12.51.89>
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Marian Hettwer wrote: > On Do, 7.04.2005, 13:23, Eric Anderson sagte: > >>Sławek Żak wrote: >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>I'd like to ask what's the reason behind requiring a keyboard during >>>FreeBSD install. Headless configuration is the most common in >>>datacenters and toying with KVM and VGA cable is often a no-no >>>(distance in the issue my case). >>> >>>Therefore why don't we introduce a prompt in the CD loader saying: >>> >>>"Press any key to install from video console..." >>> >>>Now wait 30s. If no key is pressed boot with console=comconsole. >>> >>>It would make my life sooo much easier and won't confuse noobs too much. >> >>Maybe so, but then people who do have video consoles plugged in would have >>to hit a key to keep going. >> > > True. But people with a Monitor and a Keyboard connected could hit Enter. > People with a headless Server just don't have a possiblity to hit any key > to initalize the installation the way they want. > > Isn't it possible to send out the output of FreeBSD's bootloader to VGA > and serial console ? > This would be perfect. We could have a point in our bootmenu to hit a > specific key for serial console install, or for VGA based install. > But I believe for the time being it's not possible to have the same output > on console and vga. > > On the other hand, would it be possible to create a PXE Image with serial > console enabled ? > Usually if you have servers which are headless they are additionally > pretty far away... Network Boot is the way to go :) > > >>Why not just read this: >> >>http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-advanced.html >> > > well, this is an option, but however, you have to change the floppies all > the time. Floppies suck ;) You must have missed the second link - it answers your questions completely. You can also build your own images with whatever setup you'd like, and/or have that image used via PXE install. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology A lost ounce of gold may be found, a lost moment of time never. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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