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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