On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 13:48 +0200, Marian Hettwer wrote: > On Do, 7.04.2005, 13:23, Eric Anderson sagte: > > Sławek Żak wrote: > >> 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). > >> > > Maybe so, but then people who do have video consoles plugged in would have > > to hit a key to keep going. > > > Isn't it possible to send out the output of FreeBSD's bootloader to VGA > and serial console ? > This would be perfect. We could have a point in our bootmenu to hit a > specific key for serial console install, or for VGA based install. > But I believe for the time being it's not possible to have the same output > on console and vga. See the patch associated with PR kern/66425 - which basically makes the -D dual-console support work. I've been using it on all my machines now for about a year without problems. When I first floated the idea there were a lot of people who wanted this support, but since writing it there's been very little interest in incorporating it into the tree :( Not that any of this helps your need at the moment, but hopefully it'll stop you from having to write any code yourself :) GavinReceived on Thu Apr 07 2005 - 10:58:17 UTC
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