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Date:      Tue, 8 Nov 2005 12:17:31 -0500
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        "ke.han" <ke.han@redstarling.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: install problems for freeBSD 6 on tyan i7520
Message-ID:  <200511081217.32606.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <4370D7C0.8060109@redstarling.com>
References:  <4370AC6A.1010804@redstarling.com> <200511081029.41520.jhb@freebsd.org> <4370D7C0.8060109@redstarling.com>

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On Tuesday 08 November 2005 11:52 am, ke.han wrote:
> John Baldwin wrote:
> > On Tuesday 08 November 2005 08:47 am, ke.han wrote:
> >
> >
> > lsdev in the loader uses the BIOS.  The kernel is not able to use the
> > BIOS to talk to drives.  Can you hook up a serial console and capture
> > verbose boot messages?  We need some more details such as what kind of
> > ATA controller you are trying to use.
>
> The tyan i7520 specs are at:
> http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderi7520_spec.html
>
> I would love to capture more info and send it in.  Sounds like I need a
> serial cable?  Any specific pin arrangement?  Is there a howto on this?
> I have a working laptop with freeBSD 6.  Do I just connect the laptop to
> the server some way?

Just a null modem cable would work fine.  There's info in the handbook at 
www.freebsd.org on how to setup a serial console.

-- 
John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
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