From owner-freebsd-current Tue Feb 2 10:29:34 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA15384 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 10:29:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ceia.nordier.com (m1-59-dbn.dial-up.net [196.34.155.59]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA15362 for ; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 10:29:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rnordier@nordier.com) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by ceia.nordier.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id UAA04458; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:28:27 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199902021828.UAA04458@ceia.nordier.com> Subject: Re: Dual console don't work In-Reply-To: <199902021712.JAA36862@apollo.backplane.com> from Matthew Dillon at "Feb 2, 99 09:12:40 am" To: dillon@apollo.backplane.com (Matthew Dillon) Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:28:24 +0200 (SAT) Cc: rnordier@nordier.com, ticso@cicely.de, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Matthew Dillon wrote: > :Bernd Walter wrote: > : > :> I use -h -D in /boot.config > :> Today I wanted to boot with monitor and keyboard. > :> All I got was the first stage of the news boot loader on vga and seriel. > :> The prompt itself goes only on seriel so there wasn't a chance to switch > :> the console back to vga without a terminal. > : > :This is deliberate, FWIW. The old bootblocks privately define > :RB_DUAL, and you won't find it in with the other > :flags like RB_SINGLE, RB_SERIAL, etc. > : > :For compatibility, the new bootblocks honor the -D option, as far > :as their own behavior goes. But they don't pass RB_DUAL, as one > :of the "howto" flags, on to either the kernel or /boot/loader. > : > :So -D is preserved only as a backward-compatibility option (and > :therefore applies only to stage two of the bootstrap), and /boot/loader > :knows nothing about it. > : > :-- > :Robert Nordier > > Is there a replacement for this functionality with the new bootloader? > I was trying to get duel consoles working on a rack mount machine a week > or two ago and met with utter failure. It was quite annoying. > Support for multiple consoles in /boot/loader is planned but not implemented yet. Mike should be able to put a timeframe on this. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message