Sławek Żak wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to ask what's the reason behind requiring a keyboard during > FreeBSD install. Headless configuration is the most common in > datacenters and toying with KVM and VGA cable is often a no-no > (distance in the issue my case). > > Therefore why don't we introduce a prompt in the CD loader saying: > > "Press any key to install from video console..." > > Now wait 30s. If no key is pressed boot with console=comconsole. > > It would make my life sooo much easier and won't confuse noobs too much. Maybe so, but then people who do have video consoles plugged in would have to hit a key to keep going. Why not just read this: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-advanced.html Or even: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/5.3-RELEASE/floppies/README.TXT Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology A lost ounce of gold may be found, a lost moment of time never. ------------------------------------------------------------------------Received on Thu Apr 07 2005 - 09:24:03 UTC
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