From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 12 12: 3: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1822A155E6 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 12:03:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA06124; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 12:00:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 12:00:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Dan Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No Login: on serial console In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Dan wrote: > After getting a serial console to show me the [Boot] prompt on > a recent installation of FreeBSD 3.1-STABLE, I'm not able to > see any messages past the point when the Kernel is loaded, or > get a login prompt when connecting after the machine is up. > > At the moment, I'm using just -P in /boot.config. > > Any ideas? The -P forces a keyboard probe; if no keyboard is attached then it faults over to the serial console. Is this what you're trying to accomplish? Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message