Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 22:35:21 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: "John W. De Boskey" <jwd@freebsd.org> Cc: Current List <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: No console on AlphaServer 2000 4/233 4.2-RC2 Message-ID: <20001121223521.B64714@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <20001121125955.A76196@FreeBSD.org>; from jwd@freebsd.org on Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 12:59:56PM -0800 References: <20001121125955.A76196@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 12:59:56PM -0800, John W. De Boskey wrote: > Console, console, where's the console? > > We are attempting to use FreeBSD 4.2-RC2 on an > AlphaServer 2000 4/233 and are running into trouble > with the console device. > > When we boot from the CD, it comes up to the boot > prompt on the console where we tell it to boot from > the cd device. The cd then boots up to the following: > > /stand/sysinstall running as init on serial console > > These are the predefined terminal types available to > sysinstall when running stand-alone. Please choose the > closest match for your particular terminal. > > 1 ...................... Standard ANSI terminal. > 2 ...................... VT100 or compatible terminal. > 3 ...................... FreeBSD system console (color) > 4 ...................... FreeBSD system console (monochrome) > > 5 ...................... xterm terminal emulator > > Your choice: (1-5) > > > At this point, no keyboard input is accepted. What video adapter is inside? I'm guessing, but this is not by any chance a TGA-based card is it? FreeBSD/axp does not currently support TGA based adapters. The SRM will use it, but the kernel not once started. I think this is what: /stand/sysinstall running as init on serial console is trying to tell you. -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands wilko@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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