Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:53:44 -0400 From: Brian McCann <bjmccann@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Booting from ZFS with serial console Message-ID: <CAE1yjPZL7eXt_q_HkOtrNq0=3sXOrvD4Oc5PTA42=B%2B_5_r32A@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi all. I am in desperate need of some help with ZFS (maybe GPT) and serial consoles. I use 19200 for my console speed for everything, so I recompiled the boot blocks using "BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED="19200" " in /etc/make.conf. I then ran this to install new blocks to my two drives in the mirror pair: gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad4 gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad6 If the keyboard is plugged in when the machine starts up, all is good. With the keyboard unplugged, I get a small error "dump" followed by "BTX Halted". I tried this with the files from the install DVD, and the same thing happens..."BTX Halted" without a keyboard plugged in. In both cases, /boot.config has : "-P -S19200". I tried changing it to "-Dh -S19200", and I get the "BTX Halted" on every boot now. Can someone please shed some light on why it's crashing like this? I'm fairly confident this behavior is a bug and not "by design"...but I can't believe that this bug would not be noticed up until now. Thanks! --Brian -- _-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_ Brian McCann "I don't have to take this abuse from you -- I've got hundreds of people waiting to abuse me." -- Bill Murray, "Ghostbusters"
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