From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 6 19:30:18 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42FF516A492 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 19:30:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4E5D43D77 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 19:30:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k36JUHiZ039453 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 19:30:17 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k36JUHWh039452; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 19:30:17 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 19:30:17 GMT Message-Id: <200604061930.k36JUHWh039452@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org From: Harti Brandt Cc: Subject: Re: docs/95408: install over serial console does not work as documented X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Harti Brandt List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 19:30:18 -0000 The following reply was made to PR docs/95408; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Harti Brandt To: John Baldwin Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/95408: install over serial console does not work as documented Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 18:11:10 +0200 (CEST) On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, John Baldwin wrote: JB>On Thursday 06 April 2006 08:29, Harti Brandt wrote: JB>> JB>> >Number: 95408 JB>> >Category: docs JB>> >Synopsis: install over serial console does not work as documented JB>> >Confidential: no JB>> >Severity: serious JB>> >Priority: low JB>> >Responsible: freebsd-doc JB>> >State: open JB>> >Quarter: JB>> >Keywords: JB>> >Date-Required: JB>> >Class: doc-bug JB>> >Submitter-Id: current-users JB>> >Arrival-Date: Thu Apr 06 12:30:20 GMT 2006 JB>> >Closed-Date: JB>> >Last-Modified: JB>> >Originator: Harti Brandt JB>> >Release: 6.1-beta4 JB>> >Organization: JB>> DLR JB>> >Environment: JB>> >Description: JB>> The installation document describes a procedure to install on i386 over a JB>> serial console. It recommends to either unplug the keyboard or to interrupt the boot and boot with boot -h. JB>> JB>> Boot -h turns out not to work. While all the kernel messages from the probing JB>> appear on both the normal console and the serial one, after mounting the root JB>> file system the system switches entirely to the normal console. JB>> JB>> Instead the following procedure will do it (but require at least a keyboard on the machine in question): JB>> JB>> - interrupt the boot in the boot menu by pressing 6 JB>> - enter the following lines: JB>> JB>> set boot_multicons="YES" JB>> set boot_serial="YES" JB>> set console="comconsole" JB>> boot JB> JB>Are you doing 'boot -h' at the loader prompt? I think all you need to do is JB>break into the loader and do: JB> JB>set console="comconsole vidconsole" As I said I did what the documentation says: press 6 when the menu appears and then say boot -h. This should be the load prompt, I think? If one is supposed to use the 'set console' instead of boot -h we should just fix the documentation. harti JB>instead.