serial config handbook: /boot.conf or /boot.config

Patrick Mahan PMahan at adaranet.com
Tue Feb 1 18:11:47 UTC 2011



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Paul Macdonald
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 7:24 AM
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: serial config handbook: /boot.conf or /boot.config
>
>
> 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.

Patrick



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