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Date:      Wed, 2 Aug 2006 09:57:43 -0700
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
To:        gerhard.dorner@hob.de
Cc:        freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD on IA64
Message-ID:  <88661018-C73F-4345-9263-89F48EE501BB@xcllnt.net>
In-Reply-To: <1154510646.44d06f36c10aa@mail2.hob.de>
References:  <1154510646.44d06f36c10aa@mail2.hob.de>

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On Aug 2, 2006, at 2:24 AM, gerhard.dorner@hob.de wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.1 on an Itanium64. How can I  
> redirect the
> output of the serial console during boot to the monitor? Is it even  
> possible?

It is not possible yet. The syscons console in FreeBSD makes
assumptions that are valid on PCs, but are typically not
valid on legacy free Itanium machines. These assumptions
typically cause a machine check abort...

FYI,

-- 
  Marcel Moolenaar         USPA: A-39004          marcel@xcllnt.net





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