From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 9 19:31:10 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B6DBACC7 for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2015 19:31:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul@ifdnrg.com) Received: from outbound.ifdnrg.com (outbound.ifdnrg.com [193.200.98.38]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5933F1A74 for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2015 19:31:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul@ifdnrg.com) Received: from [192.168.100.230] (cpc72297-sgyl28-2-0-cust55.18-2.cable.virginm.net [81.98.112.56]) (authenticated bits=0) by outbound.ifdnrg.com (8.15.1/8.14.9) with ESMTPSA id t59JN15O031321 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2015 20:23:04 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from paul@ifdnrg.com) X-Authentication-Warning: outbound.ifdnrg.com: Host cpc72297-sgyl28-2-0-cust55.18-2.cable.virginm.net [81.98.112.56] claimed to be [192.168.100.230] Message-ID: <55773D18.3060804@ifdnrg.com> Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2015 20:23:04 +0100 From: Paul Macdonald User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: r220's with serial Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2015 19:31:10 -0000 has anyone managed to get serial console access working under dell r220's. -All below under bios boot, as opposed to uefi, (which i can't use anyway as usb installer doesn't support ZFS on boot) tried under both ZFS boot and traditional UFS setup. I see: - with bios redirection after boot on (which i have on all other working non r220 prior boxes) -broken boot menu which gets kicked out to an usuable loader prompt, if you catch it quick it'll boot, (i suspect there's some unwanted output from the dell serial output) - when bios redirection after boot is disabled box does boot ok under serial but i can't get a vt100 terminal login with same settings as i have workign on all other boxes. thanks Paul. -- ------------------------- Paul Macdonald IFDNRG Ltd Web and video hosting ------------------------- t: 0131 5548070 m: 07970339546 e: paul@ifdnrg.com w: http://www.ifdnrg.com ------------------------- IFDNRG 40 Maritime Street Edinburgh EH6 6SA ---------------------------------------------------- High Specification Dedicated Servers from £100.00pm ----------------------------------------------------