Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 08:20:31 GMT From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/106091: Keyboard disabled at mountroot> prompt Message-ID: <200612010820.kB18KVWn014988@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/106091; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Jed Donnelley <jed@nersc.gov> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/106091: Keyboard disabled at mountroot> prompt Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 11:17:55 +0300 --LTeJQqWS0MN7I/qa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 06:23:39PM -0800, Jed Donnelley wrote: > At 06:17 PM 11/30/2006, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > >On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 08:42:48PM +0000, Jed Donnelley wrote: > >> In the process of setting up a gmirror I messed up my fstab. > >> When the boot process couldn't find a / to mount it dropped to the: > >> > >> mountroot> > >> > >> prompt. However, I found at that point that keyboard input was not > >> accepted. I ended up having to start a system from a CD in "rescue" > >> mode, mount the / file system from the hard drive and edit /etc/fstab > >> that way. > > > >Was it observed over a serial console? >=20 > No, KVM. Is there some reason that facility is only available over > a serial console? The output displayed properly on the monitor > and of course with a proper boot off a CD or HD the keyboard input > worked properly. >=20 There was a bug in this area when using a serial console which I've found and worked around it, hence asking. I hoped it was with a serial console, but now that I reread your post... with a serial console it was different -- the input would be accepted but ignored, like if you just pressed <Enter> without entring anything. Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer --LTeJQqWS0MN7I/qa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFb+UzqRfpzJluFF4RAqrqAJ0djWukDHq+ClbHkGI9vdP/bzpsYwCfSqEp ddBHj1aTuTEpz6GFkwWWWKI= =uKMO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LTeJQqWS0MN7I/qa--help
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