Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:44:52 +1100 From: Michael Vince <mv@roq.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: Jan Isley <genjokoan@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 6-release cd install, no serial console joy Message-ID: <43718CD4.9010909@roq.com> In-Reply-To: <200511081026.26576.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <c2f01d170511072045n1312327bx362022d17c99a4bd@mail.gmail.com> <43704138.2060007@roq.com> <200511081026.26576.jhb@freebsd.org>
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John Baldwin wrote: >On Tuesday 08 November 2005 01:10 am, Michael VInce wrote: > > >>I am having similar problems on a Dell 2850 using 6.0R AMD64, but I >>believe its not something to do with my hardware although I don't have >>any other AMD64/EMT64 server to test on. >> >>I don't think I have actually done a ISO install via serial console on >>6.0-Release but I think I did on beta versions and it did work. >>I have been trying to do a PXE install and watching it all via serial >>console and it works fine as long as I dont use 6.0-Release files. Using >>a 6.0beta with PXE is working it fully boots the kernel and brings up >>sysinstall my only problem now is that when it tries to do a FTP install >>it goes for a 6.0beta5 directory which doesn't exist. When I try to use >>a 6.0-Release I can get it to boot loader and then get it to load the >>kernel but after that it disappears don't get any boot messages at all. >> >>Mike >> >> > >Have you checked to see if there are any device hints at the loader prompt? >It may be that /boot/device.hints is missing on the CD for some reason, and >the serial console requires at least one hint to set the flags on sio0 to >work properly. > > I checked on both of my PXE setups (which sit in side by side directories) and device.hints files on the 6.0-BETA5 and 6.0-RELEASE are identical In fact most of the /boot/ directory files in the Beta5 and Release are identical except for mfsroot.gz , loader.rc. The "beastie.4th" is in a extra file in Release I have now successfully used the Beta5 as a PXE boot installer and changed the Release name in sysinstall as Boris suggested to install the final release files. Mike
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