Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 00:08:04 -0700 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: Gregory Bond <gnb@itga.com.au> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: serial console Message-ID: <f04330109b7f42f20c9dd@[10.0.1.100]> In-Reply-To: <200110172324.JAA22742@lightning.itga.com.au> References: <200110172324.JAA22742@lightning.itga.com.au>
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At 9:24 +1000 10/18/01, Gregory Bond wrote: >If this is an old machine that was installed with an old version and >has been upgraded, then you will probably be running the original boot blocks. >Try installing the latest boot blocks with disklabel. I see in the source that boot2 reads the /boot.config file. Since it basically prints a line immediately after reading a command and I am not seeing that line, I suspect boot2 is not being used. Here is what I see during the boot. <BIOS stuff> ends with: Verifying DMI Pool Data ........... F1 FreeBSD F5 Drive 1 Default: F1 - It then sits there for a minute or so. If I type a key then I get >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader boot: entering a -h there causes the serial console to work. If I don't type a key then I get: BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 Console: internal video/keyboard etc. -- -- Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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