From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 12 12:23: 9 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 5DB941582B for ; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 12:22:58 -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 MAA10536; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 12:20:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 12:20:38 -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: > >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 > > > > Exactly. Since there is no keyboard attached to the machine, I would > like the machine to be forced to use the serial port as a console. > > Currently, when the machine boots and I'm on the serial console, I can see > everything up to the point when the bootstrap loader begins to load > the kernel. From that point on, connecting to the console via a serial > connection will show nothing, and will not allow me to log in. Maybe the BIOS is faking the keyboard? Try it but do '-h' instead; this forces the serial console. Your terminal is plugged into COM1 and is set for 9600 baud? 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