Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 23:36:33 +0800 (WST) From: Paul Reece <paul@fastlane.net.au> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: console and network booting weirdness? Message-ID: <20040429232704.E98485@nero.fastlane.net.au>
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Hi All, I've recently set up remote booting both via PXE and also Etherboot & Grub so I can boot my workstation remotely into FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT and FreeBSD 4.9. PXE - works great, however, I'd like to get a boot menu system going, which is why I'm toying with Grub. The most notable problem is with FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT - If I boot into FreeBSD using Etherboot or Grub (and as such, bypass the loader), the console output disappears. Once the system has booted, a login prompt pops up as per usual - just nothing beforehand after Grub or Etherboot loads the kernel. Is there a setting somewhere in the kernel config (at compile time) or is the kernel defaulting to a serial console because some environment variables or similar arent being passed to it by the loader as per usual? Or is this a bug rather than a feature?.. in 4.X kernels, the console continues to function after Grub or Etherboot loads the kernel. Cheers, Paul.
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