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Date:      Tue, 11 Nov 2003 22:30:30 -0500
From:      David Rhodus <drhodus@catpa.com>
To:        Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
Cc:        freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how to install freebsd on HP rx2600 server
Message-ID:  <90BC634C-14C0-11D8-96E2-000A959B213E@catpa.com>
In-Reply-To: <20031112031926.GA794@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net>
References:  <Law10-F65ovJStHz4Cs0005be9a@hotmail.com> <20031112031926.GA794@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net>

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On Nov 11, 2003, at 10:19 PM, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 10:29:09AM +0800, chen bo wrote:
>>    i have a HP rx2600 server ,which has only usb keyboard.
>>
>>    because the reason :
>> 	We cannot have a console (i.e. VGA and keyboard) on ia64 because our
>> console code is PC specific. We probe USB devices, including 
>> keyboards,
>> but we cannot use them yet.
>>
>>     how to install freebsd5.1 release on the server ?
>
> Serial console.

Is there any chance of that being changed anytime soon? That has to be
one of the major things stopping me for ordering a ia64 machine to play 
with....

-DR



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