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On 22/02/2013, at 8:33, Jeremy Chadwick <jdc@koitsu.org> wrote:
>> I also tried booting with '-D -h -S 115200' but nothing either.
>=20
> Try setting the IPMI pieces (in the IPMI device itself) to 9600bps.
>=20
> Then try using 9600bps in FreeBSD (loader.conf or /boot.config, as =
well
> as in inittab/getty).
>=20
> If this works for you, I can expand further on why, if requested.


Well that broke everything :)

- No messages from the BIOS
- No kernel messages
- No getty output

Now to forward a tun interface so I can run the Java faux-VNC client and =
fix it.

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for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
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