console access

[Paul Schmehl]

--On June 8, 2008 7:53:32 PM +1000 Andrew Snow <andrew at modulus.org> wrote:

> Andy Kosela wrote:
>> Then you can even
>> remotely mount iso images from your laptop at home directly on the
>> server (very handy sometimes).
>
> Incidentally, when I tried to use a Supermicro IPMI card for networked
> remote media, FreeBSD boot loader crashed the machine (video went
> haywire and it didnt boot).
>
> The same thing happened when trying to use a USB CDROM drive, so I
> suspect USB boot support is at fault somehow.
>

Interesting.  I have a umass USB drive that causes kernel panics during 
boot.  The rest of the time it works fine.  So, I unplug the USB cable to 
reboot, then plug it back in and mount the drive after I login.

Paul Schmehl
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