It's at the root - # echo /boot.conf -P
Patrick ---------------------------------------------------- Patrick Mahan Lead Technical Kernel Engineer Adara Networks Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are solely the responsibility of the author and are not to be construed as an official opinion of Adara Networks. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Nelson [mailto:dnel...@allantgroup.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 11:52 AM > To: Patrick Mahan > Cc: Paul Macdonald; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: serial config handbook: /boot.conf or /boot.config > > In the last episode (Feb 01), Patrick Mahan said: > > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > > questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Paul Macdonald > > > I'm trying to get the dell bmc +sol serial thing working, kin dof > > > getting there, but noticed this inconsistency in the handbook: > > > > > > Is it boot.conf or boot.config? > > > > > > Create boot.config in the root directory of the a partition on the boot > > > drive. > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859- > 1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html#SERIALCONSOLE-HOWTO > > > > > > 7.2 Create the /boot.conf file > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/console- > server/freebsd.html > > > > Here on my HP Proliant 350's I use - > > > > /boot.conf > > > > This is with FreeBSD 8.0. > > I don't see anything in /usr/src/sys/boot that reads a "/boot.conf". boot2 > reads "/boot.config", and the loader will read "/boot/boot.conf" but that > path is deprecated. > > I have -D in /boot.config on my SOL-enabled Dell 1950, which allows for > both > serial and keyboard input during the boot process. > > -- > Dan Nelson > dnel...@allantgroup.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"