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Date:      Tue, 1 Feb 2011 13:52:13 -0600
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Patrick Mahan <PMahan@adaranet.com>
Cc:        Paul Macdonald <paul@ifdnrg.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: serial config handbook:  /boot.conf or /boot.config
Message-ID:  <20110201195213.GR75125@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <32AB5C9615CC494997D9ABB1DB12783C024CC075B2@SJ-EXCH-1.adaranet.com>
References:  <4D48257F.7030800@ifdnrg.com> <32AB5C9615CC494997D9ABB1DB12783C024CC075B2@SJ-EXCH-1.adaranet.com>

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In the last episode (Feb 01), Patrick Mahan said:
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Paul Macdonald
> > I'm trying to get the dell bmc +sol serial thing working, kin dof
> > getting there, but noticed this inconsistency in the handbook:
> >
> > Is it boot.conf or boot.config?
> >
> > Create boot.config in the root directory of the a partition on the boot
> > drive.
> > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html#SERIALCONSOLE-HOWTO
> >
> > 7.2 Create the /boot.conf file
> > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/console-server/freebsd.html
> 
> Here on my HP Proliant 350's I use -
> 
>   /boot.conf
> 
> This is with FreeBSD 8.0.

I don't see anything in /usr/src/sys/boot that reads a "/boot.conf".  boot2
reads "/boot.config", and the loader will read "/boot/boot.conf" but that
path is deprecated.  

I have -D in /boot.config on my SOL-enabled Dell 1950, which allows for both
serial and keyboard input during the boot process.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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