From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 12 20:49:29 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailhost01.reflexnet.net (mailhost01.reflexnet.net [64.6.192.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ACF837B400 for ; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 20:49:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from rfx-64-6-211-149.users.reflexcom.com ([64.6.211.149]) by mailhost01.reflexnet.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.197.19); Fri, 12 Jan 2001 20:47:27 -0800 Received: (from cjc@localhost) by rfx-64-6-211-149.users.reflexcom.com (8.11.1/8.11.0) id f0D4n5H01814; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 20:49:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 20:49:05 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Roelof Osinga Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fixit.flp on a Serial Console Message-ID: <20010112204904.A97980@rfx-64-6-211-149.users.reflexco> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: <20010112000630.A94396@rfx-64-6-211-149.users.reflexco> <3A5FABEB.EAA83182@nisser.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <3A5FABEB.EAA83182@nisser.com>; from roelof@nisser.com on Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 02:14:19AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 02:14:19AM +0100, Roelof Osinga wrote: > "Crist J. Clark" wrote: > > > > ... > > At this point I am prompted to go to VTY4 and type 'exit' when I am > > done with the shell... Erm, umm, how does one switch to VTY4 on a > > serial console? I don't think there is such a thing on a serial boot. > > > > Anyone have some help for me? How do I recover the system from a > > serial console? The system on the HDD will not boot to the console. > > Yeah, it *is* a cute one . > > You don't happen to have a Wyse or Televideo lying around? One of > the later crops with PC emulation? No this is a home box. The serial console is a null modem to a notebook PC. I could break down and move the box (no way I'm carrying my 19" monitor around), but what is stopping me is that I have got all of the wiring perfect on the boxes its stacked with... and of course, it is on the bottom of the stack. > Don't know if it would work, but it's worth a shot. Haven't got the hardware. > PS how about a PicoBSD bootflop? I was thinking about it. Never built a PicoBSD release before. It seems like it should not be too hard. The troubled machine boots up fine into multi-user with a 'login:' on the console. The problem is that there is some corruption in the login database and no users can get past the 'login:'. I need to get to single-user, but even though I get a serial console once I'm in multi-user, I don't get the boot prompt or messages to the serial console to break into single-user. Any other ideas are welcome. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message