Bug 27041
| Summary: | modify src/release/Makefile to make another floppy image | ||
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| Product: | Base System | Reporter: | logo <logo> |
| Component: | misc | Assignee: | Ceri Davies <ceri> |
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | CC: | logo |
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | 4.3-STABLE | ||
| Hardware: | Any | ||
| OS: | Any | ||
> No problem, no fix.
Can we close this PR? It would be better that some tools to tweak
boot floppies to put /boot.config file, but it is rare case for
the ordinal users...
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Makoto `MAR' Matsushita
As it seems that you need a report for this... I am installing a current snapshot with serial console. As described, I mouted the install floppy (kern.flp) and placed the file boot.config containing "/boot/loader -h". I am now seeing the sysinstall on the serial console. Do we need anything else to close this PR? State Changed From-To: open->feedback Waiting submitter's feedback. Hey Val, Can you please add a small note to the 'Advanced Installation' section of the Handbook to include the workaround about attaching a keyboard, hitting any key, then typing '-h <enter>'? The existing instructions in the Handbook are good, but they do not help the user if they do not have access to an existing FreeBSD machine. This is essentially just a docs issue. - Murray State Changed From-To: feedback->closed This was never really a bug as such, more a documentation request. This documentation has been added to the Handbook under the "Advanced Installation" section. Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-bugs->ceri I'll handle any fallout. |
FreeBSD says that it has the option to allow one to install fbsd onto a system that doesnt have a monitor. This can be done using a serial connection between 2 systems. In order to do such a thing, you need to either have an existing freebsd system, or you'd need a special kern.flp that will add a -h option during boot time so that the console is set to be displayed on the first serial port. The only thing that is different between kern.flp and the this headless install floppy would be that this floppy would contain a file called "boot.config" in the root of that floppy that would contain "/boot/loader -h", which would set the serial console stuff up. I don't know enough about makefiles and C to do it myself, so I am hoping someone has a chance to do this. Fix: No problem, no fix. How-To-Repeat: You can do this yourself on your system be hitting the <anykey> while the boot loader is starting (this is when the \|/- symbols are going insane on startup), then typing "-h<enter>".