From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 21 17:08:43 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D3931065672 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:08:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bseklecki@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from collaborativefusion.com (mx01.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.201]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C9F68FC1E for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:08:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bseklecki@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from Internal Mail-Server by mx01 (envelope-from bseklecki@collaborativefusion.com) with SMTP; 21 Nov 2008 12:08:42 -0500 From: "Brian A. Seklecki" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Collaborative Fusion, Inc. Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:08:41 -0500 Message-Id: <1227287321.2805.30.camel@soundwave.ws.pitbpa0.priv.collaborativefusion.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 (2.22.3.1-1.fc9) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: PXE Boot - Silent kernel dmesg output X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: bseklecki@collaborativefusion.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:08:43 -0000 All: Has anyone experience a PXE boot problem on amd64 (Dell PowerEdge 850, 1850, DRAC4, DRAC5) where kernel dmesg output is suppressed on VGA Console? I've tried kernels, mfsroot, and pxeboot from 6.4-RC2, 6.3-PLX, 7.1-B2 builds. I've verified stock /boot/device.hints, /defaults/loader.conf, and /boot/loader.conf are in place on my NFS export. Here's a slightly ambiguous screenshot: http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~seklecki/pxe_lock.jpg Note: Its hard to tell, but the spindle has already become a block cursor. We used to see this in early 6.x days and assumed it was a bum bPXE configuration on the server-side; eventually mfsroot would get loaded and sysinstall(8) welcome would be the first thing displayed after the 2nd stage boot loader. Breaking out of the loader reveals: console="vidconsole" Very very strange... I'm going to have a look at tcpdump(8) on NFS reads to my export and determine if it is indeed actually reading loader.conf(5). However, the system-wide defaults w/o loader.conf + loader.rc + boot.conf shouldn't prohibit kernel VGA console output. -- Brian A. Seklecki Collaborative Fusion, Inc. IMPORTANT: This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient (or the individual responsible for the delivery of this message to an intended recipient), please be advised that any re-use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system.