boot loader I/O through ethernet
Hello, First of all, I'm new around here so please forgive me if I asked a stupid question. More and more systems are made without serial ports these days. This means I can't access the loader prompt on FreeBSD without a monitor and keyboard, which is an annoyance. So my question is, is there a way to channel input and output of the loader through LAN / Ethernet by software only and somehow receiving it on the other side? Thanks in advance. Regards, Cipta ___ 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
Re: boot loader I/O through ethernet
Hi, More and more systems are made without serial ports these days. This means I can't access the loader prompt on FreeBSD without a monitor and keyboard, which is an annoyance. So my question is, is there a way to channel input and output of the loader through LAN / Ethernet by software only and somehow receiving it on the other side? Thanks in advance. I may be wrong but... I think that depends on the hardware (and the BIOS), not on the specific OS that you are using. The loader is in charge of loading the OS, it is not possible to launch a redirection program at the loader stage. Any plateform that do not offer PS/2 port (but I expet them to offer USB port anyway) will offer some kind of keayboard/screen redirection (on serial, ethernet...) Bests, olivier ___ 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
Re: boot loader I/O through ethernet
question. More and more systems are made without serial ports these days. This means I can't access the loader prompt on FreeBSD without a monitor and keyboard, which is an annoyance. So my question is, is there a way to channel input and output of the loader through LAN / Ethernet by software only and somehow receiving it on the other side? Thanks in advance. Regards, FreeBSD can be PXE booted, but as it's PC, you have to connect keyboard and monitor to change BIOS settings to PXE. It's as stupid as keyboard not detected, press F1 to continue But it's PC anyway ;) ___ 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
