Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 06:26:10 -0700 From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> To: Paul Reece <paul@fastlane.net.au> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: console and network booting weirdness? Message-ID: <20040430062610.B94367@xorpc.icir.org> In-Reply-To: <20040429232704.E98485@nero.fastlane.net.au>; from paul@fastlane.net.au on Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 11:36:33PM %2B0800 References: <20040429232704.E98485@nero.fastlane.net.au>
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On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 11:36:33PM +0800, Paul Reece wrote: > > 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. i think you can fix this by statically compiling the 'hints' into the kernel -- probably the solution is simpler than this, but this one does work cheers luigi > 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. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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