From owner-freebsd-current Fri Mar 10 16:42:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from outmail.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp (outmail.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp [160.12.196.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27CE737BB60 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2000 16:42:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp) Received: from zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp (IDENT:JxAPjcBCL+XaJxEb6/AsQOG5SQHkEo/h@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp [160.12.42.1]) by outmail.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp (8.9.3/3.7Wpl2) with ESMTP id JAA31636; Sat, 11 Mar 2000 09:42:09 +0900 (JST) Received: from zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp (zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp [160.12.42.1]) by zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp (8.7.6+2.6Wbeta7/3.4W/zodiac-May96) with ESMTP id JAA10261; Sat, 11 Mar 2000 09:48:18 +0900 (JST) Message-Id: <200003110048.JAA10261@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: Ryan Thompson Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: 4.0-20000307-CURRENT kern.flp keyboard probe questions In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 10 Mar 2000 15:17:24 CST." References: Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 09:48:17 +0900 From: Kazutaka YOKOTA Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Maybe there is a valid reason for this, but when I attempt to boot the 4.0 >kern.flp without a keyboard attached (I share one keyboard between four >systems, here), it displays keyboard: no and the BTX loader message, and >ceases to display ANY output on the attached monitor (though it does >continue to access the disk, I'm assuming, until the MFS root floppy is >needed)? > >I assume this is because, without a keyboard, the loader assumes a serial >console is attached. Yes. And this has been the behavior since FreeBSD 2.X. >This is not the case in my situation. > >Isn't there a better way to identify a serial console? I don't understand. What do you expect the boot loader to do? >And, if not, could >the loader at least not display a message on the local monitor like >"Switching output to serial console...", or better yet, "Switching output >to serial console in 10 seconds.. press any key to abort"? Which key do you mean? The system has found no keyboard, you know :-) Kazu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message