From owner-freebsd-proliant@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 29 18:44:53 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B45B81065671 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:44:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from friedman@www1.emax.ca) Received: from www1.emax.ca (www1.emax.ca [69.13.248.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 799438FC17 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:44:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from friedman@www1.emax.ca) Received: from www1.emax.ca (www1.emax.ca [69.13.248.199]) by www1.emax.ca (8.12.11/8.12.9) with ESMTP id m6TIiqCY017768 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:44:52 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from friedman@www1.emax.ca) Received: (from friedman@localhost) by www1.emax.ca (8.12.11/8.12.9/Submit) id m6TIiqYw017767 for freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:44:52 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from friedman) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:44:52 -0400 From: Barry Friedman To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080729184452.GA14558@emax.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.42 Subject: Changing the console com port X-BeenThere: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: bfriedman@emax.ca List-Id: "Technical discussion of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant server platforms." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:44:53 -0000 I am trying to get virtual serial boot console working with ilo standard on the DL380G4. First off, I can't see any way to get the ILO to reconfigure and use COM1 as the virtual port. Anders Nordby had posted a similar problem in Oct '07 (see http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-proliant/2007-October/000302. html) in which he apparently was configuring the RBSU from the command line. Was this using ilo2 or advanced ilo? In any case, the alternative is to redirect the console to COM2 and reconfigure the boot parameters. The BSD handbook says to use this line in the kernel configuration file: device sio1 at isa? port IO_COM2 flags 0x10 irq 3 but config reports a syntax error on this line. Is the handbook in error? Do I need to set the flags for sio1 in the HINTS file? What is the correct way to change the com port? -- Barry Friedman Emax Computer Systems Inc., 480 Tweedsmuir Ave., Ottawa, Ont. Canada K1Z 5N9