Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 10:31:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Justin Clift <vapour@digitaldistribution.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: *very* important addition to the installation instructions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.981009103044.26632A-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <6209.907926645@time.cdrom.com>
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We have 'headless' machines that hang when probing for a non-existant vt0 or sc0 so we meed to disable it from the config editor during boot (booting with serial console) On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > [Inappriate freebsd-doc mailing list clipped; please don't cross-post!] > > > "If you have to boot with '-c' on a first time install, DO NOT remove the > > Syscon Console Driver even if it displays as a conflict. This will leave > > you with a blank screen and no installation." > > This has actually enabled so many people to hang themselves that > with 3.0/2.2.8, it is no longer possible to delete this device. :) > > - Jordan > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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