From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 7 04:46:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2A5116A4D1 for ; Fri, 7 May 2004 04:46:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pcwin002.win.tue.nl (pcwin002.win.tue.nl [131.155.71.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17C2243D45 for ; Fri, 7 May 2004 04:46:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stijn@pcwin002.win.tue.nl) Received: from pcwin002.win.tue.nl (orb_rules@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pcwin002.win.tue.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i47BgmaM043225; Fri, 7 May 2004 13:42:48 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from stijn@pcwin002.win.tue.nl) Received: (from stijn@localhost) by pcwin002.win.tue.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i47BgmS7043224; Fri, 7 May 2004 13:42:48 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from stijn) Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 13:42:48 +0200 From: Stijn Hoop To: Rob Message-ID: <20040507114247.GB861@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Stijn Hoop , Rob , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <409B0973.7030205@solisix.com> <409B4259.9040300@users.sourceforge.net> <20040507081053.GA861@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <409B6DBD.1080704@users.sourceforge.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="TakKZr9L6Hm6aLOc" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <409B6DBD.1080704@users.sourceforge.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Bright-Idea: Let's abolish HTML mail! cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Connecting to a Headless machine, after install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 11:46:32 -0000 --TakKZr9L6Hm6aLOc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 08:06:37PM +0900, Rob wrote: > Stijn Hoop wrote: > > On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 05:01:29PM +0900, Rob wrote: > > > Funny, that I'm struggling with opposite problem: I do not get the > > > boot messages over the serial cable, but do get the login prompt, > > > which I do not understand :(. > > > > You probably need to tell the kernel to use the serial console: > > > > # echo '-h' > /boot.config >=20 > Ah, thanks. I don't have a /boot.config yet. Are you sure this file goes > in the top-root directory? Or in /boot/... ? Yes, top-root /. Check the handbook, section 17.6: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-set= up.html > You made me research a little more on this. I do have a file=20 > /boot/loader.conf. > How about having in here the line >=20 > console=3D"comconsole" >=20 > (to divert it from the default: console=3D"vidconsole") ? >=20 > Or will that not do the same? Having -h in /boot.config will also allow the boot blocks to output to your serial console. I suspect console=3D"comconsole" would help the loader + kernel. It certainly couldn't hurt I guess :) --Stijn --=20 The sexual urge of the camel is stranger than anyone thinks. He's lived for years on the desert, and tried to seduce the Sphinx. But the Sphinxs center of pleasure lies buried deep in the Nile, which accounts for the hump on the camel and the Sphinxs inscrutable smile. -- Frantic Fran, http://www.franticfran.com/jokes.htm --TakKZr9L6Hm6aLOc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAm3Y3Y3r/tLQmfWcRAvNhAKC4Ktid91nMu8C9pQuIATzUx4qLRgCgs4Y0 gTSfht54bNcd6lN1yAEnf48= =hTmv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TakKZr9L6Hm6aLOc--