Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:32:15 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPMI serial console Message-ID: <201302251632.15594.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20130221225501.GR1491@glenbarber.us> References: <00CC60B5-A6EB-4A3C-B8AC-1D60014DE442@gsoft.com.au> <201302211723.14730.jhb@freebsd.org> <20130221225501.GR1491@glenbarber.us>
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On Thursday, February 21, 2013 5:55:01 pm Glen Barber wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 05:23:14PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > > On Thursday, February 21, 2013 4:56:02 pm Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > > > > > On 22/02/2013, at 2:19, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > >> Does anyone have any hints? > > > > > > > > Rather than using all these hints, just use these three in loader.conf: > > > > > > > > console="comconsole vidconsole" > > > > console_speed=115200 > > > > console_port="0x<blah>" (where <blah> is the correct I/O port for COM3, > > 0x3e8 > > > > maybe?) > > > > > > > > > No dice :( > > > > > > I also tried booting with '-D -h -S 115200' but nothing either. > > > > Sorry, those should be 'comconsole_speed' and 'comconsole_port'. Also, you > > should be able to get the loader prompt working if you enter those by hand > > using an IPMI KVM or some such. > > > > John, this sounds very similar to a question I posed to you a few weeks > ago. I guess it's not "just me" with these weird SuperMicro BMCs. :( I am using exactly this on many SuperMicro X8 and X9 boards. -- John Baldwin
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