Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 22:47:42 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: today's current: boot/loader and console Message-ID: <XFMail.020103224742.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200201040351.g043pgl00593@aldan.algebra.com>
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On 04-Jan-02 Mikhail Teterin wrote: > After 25 days of uptime I rebuilt the world, and can no longer boot as > usual. Both boot/loader and boot/loader.old (from Oct 30) flash the list > of devices and immediately reset the computer. Any chance you could setup a serial console and catch the output? > My only way to bring it up is to press space at the right moment, get > the Boot: prompt and load/boot kernel directly bypassing the loader. > > This works, but there is no console output (it goes from spinner > straight into the login prompt). I guess, the console output is being > sent down sio0, where there is an external modem now. Turning the modem > off does not change anything... No, you have no console because you have no hints. If you statically compile your hints into your kernel, you will have a console again. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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