From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 10 18:04:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0130216A405; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:04:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (66-23-211-162.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD36F43D49; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:04:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3AI4UO8009092; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:04:34 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: Harti Brandt Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:03:41 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <200604061229.k36CTud7033071@www.freebsd.org> <200604061158.22355.jhb@freebsd.org> <20060406180237.L57973@beagle.kn.op.dlr.de> In-Reply-To: <20060406180237.L57973@beagle.kn.op.dlr.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200604101403.43345.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1389/Mon Apr 10 08:58:55 2006 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/95408: install over serial console does not work as documented X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:04:39 -0000 On Thursday 06 April 2006 12:11, Harti Brandt wrote: > On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, John Baldwin wrote: > > JB>On Thursday 06 April 2006 08:29, Harti Brandt wrote: > JB>> > JB>> >Number: 95408 > JB>> >Category: docs > JB>> >Synopsis: install over serial console does not work as documented > JB>> >Confidential: no > JB>> >Severity: serious > JB>> >Priority: low > JB>> >Responsible: freebsd-doc > JB>> >State: open > JB>> >Quarter: > JB>> >Keywords: > JB>> >Date-Required: > JB>> >Class: doc-bug > JB>> >Submitter-Id: current-users > JB>> >Arrival-Date: Thu Apr 06 12:30:20 GMT 2006 > JB>> >Closed-Date: > JB>> >Last-Modified: > JB>> >Originator: Harti Brandt > JB>> >Release: 6.1-beta4 > JB>> >Organization: > JB>> DLR > JB>> >Environment: > JB>> >Description: > JB>> The installation document describes a procedure to install on i386 over a > JB>> serial console. It recommends to either unplug the keyboard or to interrupt the boot and boot with boot -h. > JB>> > JB>> Boot -h turns out not to work. While all the kernel messages from the probing > JB>> appear on both the normal console and the serial one, after mounting the root > JB>> file system the system switches entirely to the normal console. > JB>> > JB>> Instead the following procedure will do it (but require at least a keyboard on the machine in question): > JB>> > JB>> - interrupt the boot in the boot menu by pressing 6 > JB>> - enter the following lines: > JB>> > JB>> set boot_multicons="YES" > JB>> set boot_serial="YES" > JB>> set console="comconsole" > JB>> boot > JB> > JB>Are you doing 'boot -h' at the loader prompt? I think all you need to do is > JB>break into the loader and do: > JB> > JB>set console="comconsole vidconsole" > > As I said I did what the documentation says: press 6 when the menu appears > and then say boot -h. This should be the load prompt, I think? > > If one is supposed to use the 'set console' instead of boot -h we should > just fix the documentation. Ah. boot -Dh from the boot2 prompt should work fine. At the loader it would probably be best to just do 'set console="comconsole vidconsole"' if you still want the dual consoles up until single user mode. Otherwise, if you just want the serial console, 'set console="comconsole"' is probably best. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org