Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:45:41 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Jonathan McKeown <jonathan+freebsd-hackers@hst.org.za> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Enhancing cdboot [patch for review] Message-ID: <87prjzw156.fsf@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <200812110837.26316.jonathan%2Bfreebsd-hackers@hst.org.za> (Jonathan McKeown's message of "Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:37:26 %2B0200") References: <493DA269.2070805@FreeBSD.org> <20081208235119.GA46608@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <200812101331.24182.jhb@freebsd.org> <200812110837.26316.jonathan%2Bfreebsd-hackers@hst.org.za>
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On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:37:26 +0200, Jonathan McKeown <jonathan+freebsd-hackers@hst.org.za> wrote: > While you're enhancing cdboot anyway, can I ask how complicated it > would be to make cdboot serial-console capable? (I'm not a C > programmer, I'm a sysadmin - but I'd be prepared to try and look at > this myself if no-one else is interested). > > As it stands, the only way I've found to do a serial-console CD-based > installation is by enabling the serial console in /boot/loader.conf, > by which time you've already missed several useful points, > particularly the entry to BIOS settings (if you have a serial-capable > BIOS). cdboot runs long after the prompt for BIOS setup. I don't think we can modify cdboot to add serial console support to systems whose BIOS setup doesn't support it.
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