From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 15 21:29:42 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C88ED16A4CE for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 21:29:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from billschoolcraft.com (adsl-63-204-157-14.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.204.157.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67FA243D35 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 21:29:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bill@wiliweld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by billschoolcraft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B6168BA2; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 22:33:01 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 22:33:01 +0000 (GMT) From: Bill Schoolcraft X-X-Sender: bill@bsd.billschoolcraft.com To: Minnesota Slinky In-Reply-To: <002601c3c38a$79868cb0$6401a8c0@Nomad> Message-ID: <20031215223203.B78209@bsd.billschoolcraft.com> References: <002601c3c38a$79868cb0$6401a8c0@Nomad> System-ID: [en] (I; FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #0 x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Headless System via serial port? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 05:29:42 -0000 At Mon, 15 Dec 2003 it looks like Minnesota Slinky composed: > Hello all. > > Perhaps there are some differences in the 5.x series for serial port > options that I'm not aware of. I plugged in a null-modem cable, and > opened HyperTerminal on my laptop. I added a boot.config file in my > root directory on the freebsd system with the one line: -P I did that same one-liner and it worked first time, real good stuff. -- |<----------------------"Word-Wrap-At-72-Please"---------------------->| Bill Schoolcraft PO Box 210076 -o) San Francisco CA 94121 /\ "UNIX, A Way Of Life." _\_v