headless install frozen.
hello: using a 4.10 release on my main machine, i was trying to make a FBSD headless install on a toshiba T4600c, because it has a minimalistic HD (200mb) and there is not any CDROM drive, just floppy drive, 20Mb ram, no LAN, no modem. if i try regular kern.flp and mfsroot.flp (no serial booting -h), toshiba loads fine sysinstall but without CDROM i can`t do any more, unless serial communication. and i can`t use keybord to send enter key pressed to my laptop. this is what im doing: 1.-made Boot Floppies using, to Boot into a Serial Console (both floppies made with dd command) using this on kern.flp: # echo /boot/loader -h boot.config 2.-Connect Null Modem Cable between first serial ports on both machines. You now need to connect a null modem cable Just connect the cable to the serial ports of the 2 machines. A normal serial cable will not work here, you need a null modem cable because it has some of the wires inside crossed over. 3.-Booting Up for the Install, kern.flp floppy in the floppy drive of the machine im doing the headless install on, and power on the machine. 4.-Connecting to my Headless Machine, using this command on my FBSD machine: # cu -l /dev/cuaa0 That's it! i can see booting kern.flp on monitorYou through my cu session. It ask me to put in the mfsroot.flp, and then... ...HERE IS THE PROBLEM... It supose to be like this: it will come up with a selection of what kind of terminal to use. Select the FreeBSD color console and proceed with your install! ...BUT... -even not can press enter key for start reading second flppy (mfsroot.flp). -keyboard not works as expects, (not take care of regular typing or arrow keys, space bar, etc.) -cu session continues as usual no takes care about booting process. - and of course there isn`t any selection of any kind of terminal to use. i know almost nothing about cu program, but FreeBSD Handbook (2.12 Advanced Installation Guide) explain very well howto. What am missing? or, what is maybe misconfigured on my cu program machine? any clues, you guys? please RE: to this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] thnks for your help, oscar wicks _ T1msn Hotmail Plus. Más espacio, más funcional http://join.msn.com/?page=features/espgmarket=es-mxxAPID=1817DI=233SU=http://www.t1msn.com.mx ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Headless Install
On 2004-08-03, Maksym Marchenko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And what you can do with headless PC? Can you control this PC only in command prompt? Or (may be) you can use anything like X - twm? Sure. You would use the headless machine to run X clients. I have a headless PC that serves X sessions for a dozen thin terminals. The server actually has video if I need to access the console (I do not have a serial console set up) but I almost never have a monitor or keyboard attached to the system. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Headless Install
I try to install 4.10 on headless PC(without a monitor and vga output) So I've used my laptop as a serial console (via null modem cable). All was wonderfull, but after end of install procedure und reboot, I see with this terminal (cu -l /dev/cuaa0) all and the date for the login line. But not the login prompt. So I can't to log in and do anything. What have I to do, to log in this headless PC? Maksym, you need to start a getty process on the serial line, by editing /etc/ttys like this: console noneunknown off secure ttyv0 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 off secure ttyv1 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 off secure ttyv2 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 off secure ttyv3 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 off secure ttyv4 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 off secure ttyv5 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 off secure ttyv6 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 off secure ttyv7 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 off secure ttyd0 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 dialup on secure ttyd1 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 dialup off secure ttyd2 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 dialup off secure ttyd3 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 dialup off secure In /stand/sysinstall (or /usr/sbin/sysinstall), you can edit ttys. I'm running 5.2-CURRENT on net4801 Soekris hardware, and this is exaclty what is needed to get login prompt on the serial console. Thanks! It works pre[tty] good! :-) I have two more questions : Sometimes I see warning: terminal is not fully functional. So I can't edit kernel file mit ee - the text is shown shifted in their lines. Must I use another terminal program to help this? And what you can do with headless PC? Can you control this PC only in command prompt? Or (may be) you can use anything like X - twm? Thanks in advance. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Headless Install
Maksym Marchenko wrote: Sometimes I see warning: terminal is not fully functional. So I can't edit kernel file mit ee - the text is shown shifted in their lines. Must I use another terminal program to help this? You just need to set TERM to something sensible, say, 'cons25' or 'xterm'. If you ssh to the box from a FreeBSD console, TERM should already be set to 'cons25'. If you ssh from an xterm, TERM will (or should) already be 'xterm'. If you use some other terminal emulator (e.g. from Windows or so), try setting both your emulator and TERM to 'vt100'. And what you can do with headless PC? Can you control this PC only in command prompt? Or (may be) you can use anything like X - twm? What do you want to do with it? If you want to do maintenance work (configure servers like, say, postfix, cyrus/imap, thttpd, set up ppp[oe], natd, ...), just ssh to the box like you would to any other server too. In normal day to day operations, just access the misc. servers from outside your headless PC with your favorite clients. Very simple. Something like X would be absolute overkill. You want X on your regular workstation; not on the headless server! But if you absolutely must, just install the X clients, X libraries etc... on the headless machine via ports as usual. You definitely don't need an X server on a headless machine though ;) Oh, and btw, you can tweak your kernel config file: just remove everything that you don't need, like vga, sc, keyboard, ... If you don't have the hardware for it on board, why bother having a driver for it in the kernel? Enjoy! cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Headless Install
Hi! I try to install 4.10 on headless PC(without a monitor and vga output) So I've used my laptop as a serial console (via null modem cable). All was wonderfull, but after end of install procedure und reboot, I see with this terminal (cu -l /dev/cuaa0) all and the date for the login line. But not the login prompt. So I can't to log in and do anything. What have I to do, to log in this headless PC? Another terminal may be? Thanks in advance. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Headless Install
Maksym Marchenko wrote: Hi! I try to install 4.10 on headless PC(without a monitor and vga output) So I've used my laptop as a serial console (via null modem cable). All was wonderfull, but after end of install procedure und reboot, I see with this terminal (cu -l /dev/cuaa0) all and the date for the login line. But not the login prompt. So I can't to log in and do anything. What have I to do, to log in this headless PC? Maksym, you need to start a getty process on the serial line, by editing /etc/ttys like this: console noneunknown off secure ttyv0 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 off secure ttyv1 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 off secure ttyv2 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 off secure ttyv3 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 off secure ttyv4 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 off secure ttyv5 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 off secure ttyv6 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 off secure ttyv7 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 off secure ttyd0 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 dialup on secure ttyd1 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 dialup off secure ttyd2 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 dialup off secure ttyd3 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 dialup off secure In /stand/sysinstall (or /usr/sbin/sysinstall), you can edit ttys. I'm running 5.2-CURRENT on net4801 Soekris hardware, and this is exaclty what is needed to get login prompt on the serial console. Good luck! cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Headless install problem
Hi, I'm doing a headless install for the first time (4.9-R) but it won't work. I followed the procedure in the handbook carefully. When I enter `cu -l /dev/cuaa0` it just tells me I'm connected, but the handbook says it should prompt me for the second floppy. I tried cu -d: cu: fconn_open: Opening port /dev/cuaa0 (default speed) cu: fsserial_open: Baud rate is 9600 cu: fconn_set: Changing setting to 0, 0, 2 Connected. I checked the floppies, there's nothing wrong with them, but it looks like the computer fails to boot the kernel. The boot order is set correctly. It did boot a DOS floppy before. Any help would be appreciated. Regards, Daniela ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Headless Install
Trying to load 5.0 via headless install onto an IBM ThinkPad 765D (D for damm) Using these instructions. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-advanc ed.html Pretty simple always nice But after booting the IBM get to /boot.config /boot/loader -h BTX Loader 1.0 BTX Version is 1.01 And stays there - Forever The mothership I use the following command # cu -l /dev/cuaa0 as root And it say's connected but I cannot do a CTRL C after it does nothing for 30 minutes or so and I want to end it. I end up rebooting to stop it. Using real null modem cablesG And I have redid 4 floppies, making sure my media is good, tested another pair of cables to make sure nothing changes and of course nothing does. So I am fully aware of the 5.0 pitfalls and I am only trying to load and test it on the laptop but if anyone has some helpful hints other than cables, disks mojog I would very much appreciate it. Back to the lab M;) To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
