Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 15:57:42 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Does booting from install floppy with a serial console still work? Message-ID: <19990427155741.A46511@freebie.lemis.com>
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I've just tried to capture the sequence of booting on 3.1 for the next
edition of "The Complete FreeBSD". I was somewhat less than
successful. Simply removing the keyboard and telling the BIOS I had
none had no effect whatsoever: it went on merrily booting from floppy
and displaying on the monitor.
Next, I tried interrupting the first level boot. This worked fine: I
got my connection on the serial line, but I couldn't find anything to
boot. Here's the dialogue:
Connected.
>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
Default: 0:fd(0,a)boot
boot: (pressed Enter)
No boot
>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
Default: 0:fd(0,a)boot
boot: fd()kernel
>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
Default: 0:fd(0,a)boot
boot: kernel
No kernel
>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
Default: 0:fd(0,a)kernel
boot: ?
. .. boot kernel.gz kernel.config
>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
Default: 0:fd(0,a)?
boot: kernel.gz
Invalid format
>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
Default: 0:fd(0,a)kernel
boot: peace
No peace
Any ideas?
Greg
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