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From: Dan <dan@expresscopy.com>
To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: No Login: on serial console
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<snip>
>> 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
>
Okay, changed the /boot.config to be just -h, with no change.

/etc/ttys reads:

console "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   cons25  on  secure

Anything else I'm missing?

Thanks,

Dan



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