From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 23 20: 1:13 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from procyon.meridian-enviro.com (thunder.meridian-enviro.com [207.109.234.227]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5AE937BB5D for ; Tue, 23 May 2000 20:01:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rand@meridian-enviro.com) Received: from deneb.meridian-enviro.com (deneb.meridian-enviro.com [10.10.10.32]) by procyon.meridian-enviro.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id WAA26844; Tue, 23 May 2000 22:01:08 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from rand@localhost) by deneb.meridian-enviro.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) id WAA94672; Tue, 23 May 2000 22:01:07 -0500 (CDT) To: kline@tera.com (Gary Kline) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: running headless References: <200005231848.LAA22982@tera.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: rand@meridian-enviro.com (Douglas K. Rand) Date: 23 May 2000 22:01:07 -0500 In-Reply-To: kline@tera.com's message of "Tue, 23 May 100 11:48:13 -0700 (PDT)" Message-ID: <87n1lgzm6k.fsf@deneb.meridian-enviro.com> Lines: 25 User-Agent: Gnus/5.07008 (Pterodactyl Gnus v0.80) XEmacs/21.1 (20 Minutes to Nikko) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ** Gary Kline on Tue, 23 May 100 11:48:13 -0700 (PDT) ** in [running headless] writes: Gary> Can anyone give me the kernel configuration for running my [...] Gary> box headless? There are just a few things to do: o create a /etc/boot.config file that contains the line: -P This will cause the boot blocks to probe for a keyboard and use it if it is detected, else use the serial port. o Make sure that ttyd0 is turned on in /etc/ttys. Thats it, no kernel mods necessary. If you find the default 9600 baud too slow, you can change the BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED line in /etc/make.conf to the speed you wish. (We use 115200 bps) But then you need to remake and install the boot blocks. Don't forget to adjust /etc/ttys (and perhaps /etc/gettytab too) for the new speed. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message