Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 15:55:27 -0400 (EDT) From: "David C. Snyder" <dsnyder@web.turner.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Installing without VGA or Keyboard Message-ID: <20020503154605.T10738-100000@dcs-vaio.turner.com>
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Hello, I would like to install FreeBSD from CD-ROM onto servers using only the serial port (i.e., no VGA or keyboard). I was surprised to find that the default installation ISO image does not support this by default. I customized the image slightly by grafting in a /boot.config containing "-P" onto the CD image, but the boot loader on the CD seemed to ignore that. My third attempt involved adding "set console=comconsole" to /boot/loader.rc on the CD. That didn't work either, so I'm in the middle of testing a /boot/loader.conf.local that contains "console=comconsole". As I write this, another thought crossed my mind. Perhaps I should be adding this stuff to the /floppies/boot.img image instead of /boot on the CD. I'll try that next, but if you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them. Thanks. David C. Snyder CNN - Internet Technologies Desk: 404 827 1679 Nextel ID: 46 Cell: 770 616 0080 Pager: david_snyder@imcingular.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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