Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 16:33:35 +0100 (BST) From: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> To: ue@nathan.ruhr.de (Udo Erdelhoff), freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please review: new handbook chapter on serial install Message-ID: <200210171533.g9HFXZKX037418@dotar.thuvia.org> In-Reply-To: <mailpost.1034712311.77550@thuvia.demon.co.uk>
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> From: ue@nathan.ruhr.de (Udo Erdelhoff) > Date: Tue 15 Oct, 2002 > Subject: Please review: new handbook chapter on serial install > + <listitem> > + <para>There is an additional dialog at the start of > + &man.sysinstall.8; where you can define which kind of > + terminal you are using.</para> > + </listitem> > + </itemizedlist> Does anyone else have a problem getting the correct line drawing characters when using an xterm at this point? After rebooting at the end of the install they suddenly start being displayed correctly. > + <para>The second required change is the creation of a > + <filename>boot.config</filename> file on the root file system > + of your newly installed FreeBSD box. I've never found this necessary since sysinstall adds console="comconsole" to /boot/loader.conf when doing a serial install. Cheers, Mark. -- Mark Valentine, Thuvia Labs <mark@thuvia.co.uk> <http://www.thuvia.co.uk>; "Tigers will do ANYTHING for a tuna fish sandwich." Mark Valentine uses "We're kind of stupid that way." *munch* *munch* and endorses FreeBSD -- <http://www.calvinandhobbes.com>; <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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