Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:42:46 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: Jonathan McKeown <jonathan@hst.org.za> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Jonathan McKeown <jonathan+freebsd-hackers@hst.org.za> Subject: Re: Enhancing cdboot [patch for review] Message-ID: <87r64eopbt.fsf@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <200812111052.50082.jonathan@hst.org.za> (Jonathan McKeown's message of "Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:52:49 %2B0200") References: <493DA269.2070805@FreeBSD.org> <200812110837.26316.jonathan%2Bfreebsd-hackers@hst.org.za> <87prjzw156.fsf@kobe.laptop> <200812111052.50082.jonathan@hst.org.za>
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On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:52:49 +0200, Jonathan McKeown <jonathan@hst.org.za> wrote: >> cdboot runs long after the prompt for BIOS setup. I don't think we >> can modify cdboot to add serial console support to systems whose BIOS >> setup doesn't support it. > > Sorry, of course you're right: I'm talking nonsense. > > It's the stage immediately after that that isn't available. I wish I > could remember why I thought that had caused me a problem once. > > Certainly there's a big chunk of the boot process that is accessible > through a serial console on a disk-based boot that's not available on > a serial-console boot. I'm still not sure what sort of `serial console boot' we are talking about here. What's the difference between a `serial console on a disk-based boot' and a `serial console boot'?
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