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Re: Serial console bootable install CD [i386]



On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 09:23:01AM +0900, Jorgen Lundman wrote:
> 
> Netbsd-4.0.1 i386.
> 
> Would it be complicated to take the install CD and changing the 
> bootblock to be able to use serial console. Either console=com0 or 
> console=com0kbd?
> 
> The boot kernel-only images does not even have "mount" so I can't mount 
> a HDD (nor am I local to the server to change CD).

mount is in the embeeded ramdisk (/sbin/mount); you sure won't find it on
the cd ... but you should be able to use it to do a network install.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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