From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jun 29 00:15:08 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FB90D8828D for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2017 00:15:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adam@adamsteen.com.au) Received: from mail-yw0-x232.google.com (mail-yw0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c05::232]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 63787680C8 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2017 00:15:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adam@adamsteen.com.au) Received: by mail-yw0-x232.google.com with SMTP id t127so30986068ywc.3 for ; Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:15:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=adamsteen-com-au.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=1EQw21e5QqRoJ0EyoRRQm3fvm1PgjKTEDqz23ka6nNo=; b=qBsOdeUv5amFWcHgL1jF/BSbayWOyWTtvH6Xw0xp/g5hxVKbxtv6ExSUQM3ndkaqO9 S9/kg7SeBY2d+nuBfp2yDb1oekG1J9NhwIU1d1mfeKJ4UbmSRjf0AI/NO/brWAMop6P3 8QXfczJ6VO9VwEcWX9Yic5sqJqJCiHWIUizF87Lx8o8F+yZx2RJ1oRQ0Wl2GaXf+2e0y S6DccrHZIKme+E6p72qK26fhOaMEA8h2lffFosV4nf88fEGcw6/S0MSBrsl4S9JPy+es LOc3WwmZBGygYqKcK5RDov831/1SIQ9isNzVRAKRclArS8NtHHHrOwZW/CRKshRgl39I Rt4w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=1EQw21e5QqRoJ0EyoRRQm3fvm1PgjKTEDqz23ka6nNo=; b=V/k04Qngd0eGC+StWqa78F/nO25Me3jU1YFKByzQz6RQk7PNUk8hS3ZLUokUJgFCdo I2gjh+TT1hBxsLOCJ6q16hdKuwku93gqL6TgWjxEaARWEi+DG3f0LNuTcykdhTWtbBYW +MiDgUfj9xmItdFnGTNmZlaX6/fDhocnDpolirM+Sz8TI8KsDH/Z1TDQyAg+WxT3Qf8Y Oycgrj4MUiyg3lz09DV4FVn2r/CEPJlZKuGiCgAZXfVKzjwNBxW3TrPbHeYtgxhFKFjH Tr59sbTz6N8PR7/z2GBDRrDm1P2nCOhLwvNNpQkAUvUGZO3jCO/Y05bMS7I6oJZUnU89 tqGQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AKS2vOxrqeubgVnTRddKTeJdbgU4WknYcr8sOrTtDkRzdpfOOUGKBh6r 8NK7o6JKfMM92SQFmaFs5E+dZNz3gsFb//XoMQ== X-Received: by 10.129.37.9 with SMTP id l9mr10558870ywl.15.1498695307012; Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:15:07 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.37.173.25 with HTTP; Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:14:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Adam Steen Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 08:14:46 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Install using Serial Console To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 00:15:08 -0000 Hi I am trying to install FreeBSD via a Serial Console(i am using the FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-amd64-mini-memstick.img, but i am unable to get it to work. I only see "Booting.." then it appears the system hangs, it doesn't request an ip from my dhcp server either. I found the instructions at https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html, but i don't have a way to mount a freebsd ufs img is there a way to enable the Serial Console at the Boot Prompt? Cheers Adam ps this is what i see ______ ____ _____ _____ | ____| | _ \ / ____| __ \ | |___ _ __ ___ ___ | |_) | (___ | | | | | ___| '__/ _ \/ _ \| _ < \___ \| | | | | | | | | __/ __/| |_) |____) | |__| | | | | | | | || | | | |_| |_| \___|\___||____/|_____/|_____/ ``` ` s` `.....---.......--.``` -/ +------------Welcome to FreeBSD-----------+ +o .--` /y:` +. | | yo`:. :o `+- | 1. Boot Multi User [Enter] | y/ -/` -o/ | 2. Boot Single User | .- ::/sy+:. | 3. Escape to loader prompt | / `-- / | 4. Reboot | `: :` | | `: :` | Options: | / / | 5. Kernel: default/kernel (1 of 2) | .- -. | 6. Configure Boot Options... | -- -. | | `:` `:` | | .-- `--. | | .---.....----. +-----------------------------------------+ si=00000008 di=00000000 bp=00000000 sp=00005df6 cs=0000 ip=9336 f=0242 NULL FreeBSD/x86 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 ...... (root@releng2.nyi.freebsd.org, Thu Sep 29 01:38:45 UTC 2016) Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf | FreeBSD/x86 boot Default: 0:ad(0p3)/boot/loader boot: \ Booting..