Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 12:22:34 +0900 From: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: 5.3-Beta7: diskless boot up does not show boot messages on screen. Message-ID: <417336FA.7080708@yahoo.com>
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Hello, I am now successfully booting a diskless PC with 5.3-Beta7, using an etherboot floppy. I can see the initial boot up from floppy, followed by the downloading of the kernel ("..................done"). But after that no more messages on the screen anymore, until after a while the login prompt appears. The diskless PC does produce a legitimate /var/run/dmesg.boot. So I can inspect the bootup process after a successful boot. However, if there's a boot problem, I do not at all get a clue what's going wrong. A verbose boot up on the screen is then of vital importance. So why do i not get any verbose boot up of the kernel messages with the diskless boot? Rob.
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