From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 10 20:56:06 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D248637B401 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 20:56:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nightmare.dreamchaser.org (pm7-2.blackfoot.net [12.32.36.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BF3A43F3F for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 20:56:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dreamchaser.org) Received: from dreamchaser.org (imagination.dreamchaser.org. [12.32.36.74]) h5B32TB00152; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:02:34 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dreamchaser.org) Message-ID: <3EE6A7E7.2090106@dreamchaser.org> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:54:15 -0600 From: Gary Aitken User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-US, es To: Olivier Nicole References: <3500515B75D9D311948800508BA37955014BDB96@EX-LONDON> <3ED64120.3070607@dreamchaser.org> <3EE6A1C6.5030800@dreamchaser.org> <200306110335.KAA07146@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting using serial console X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 03:56:07 -0000 The serial ports are ok. However, in checking that out I discovered that it will boot from the serial console if there is also a keyboard plugged in (no monitor). So then I put the monitor on and unplugged the keyboard. The boot sequence shows: "keyboard error" during the initial BIOS boot. Then, when the scsi devices are probed, I get to resume, to setup It looks like BIOS won't let me boot unattended without a keyboard. With the keyboard, it comes up ok on the serial port. Anyone know of a way around this? Olivier Nicole wrote: I've got a vt220 plugged into com1; I know the cable is good because I plugged it into com1 on a windoze box and could read and write the vt220 using hyperterminal. Stupid question, but you are sure that the serial ports are not disabled in the BIOS? I know I'd install through normal screen/keyboard and would try to remove them only when the system is more or less stable. Bests, olivier _______________________________________________ [1]freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list [2]http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [3]"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" References 1. mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 2. http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions 3. mailto:freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org