Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 07:32:04 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Otter <otterr@telocity.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: serial console installs? Message-ID: <20001001073204.B27736@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <HLEDJBJKDDPDJBMGCLPPMEGJCEAA.otterr@telocity.com>; from otterr@telocity.com on Sat, Sep 30, 2000 at 08:13:11AM -0400 References: <20000929180515.V27736@fw.wintelcom.net> <HLEDJBJKDDPDJBMGCLPPMEGJCEAA.otterr@telocity.com>
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* Otter <otterr@telocity.com> [000930 05:10] wrote: > } > }* Danny Howard <dannyman@tellme.com> [000929 17:58] wrote: > }> Has something changed with 4.1-R and 4.1.1-R? I've > }managed serial-console > }> installs on machines up to 4.0-R, but with 4.1 I can only > }get VGA output from > }> the kern.flp image. I've tried two different machines. > }I'm tempted to try > }> 4.0-R kern.flp and install 4.1 using that, but if kern.flp > }has dropped serial > }> console support that is a very upsetting prospect ... > }> > }> Does anyone have a clue they can point me at? > } > }Yeah, it was just brought up a day or so ago, some lame large > }manufacturer broke the keyboard detection routines so we need to > }default to video, solution is to edit the floppy, just mount it > }and edit the /boot/loader.conf for serial support. > } > Was it a particular manufacturer? Or do all machines fail on a serial > install? It used to work fine on most machines, but since video is the primary way people install we didn't want to get a lot of "it doesn't boot" scares when in fact it was (over serial). Right now you must edit the boot disks to have a serial install, see my previous followup. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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