From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 23 20:03:35 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E140106566C for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:03:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD10D8FC18 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:03:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vcbfk1 with SMTP id fk1so481193vcb.13 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:03:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=mXjpzQD4b/Oxl5RsaIrkKcbog1RNW3DUrrDx7YPaK58=; b=julIgN2B5dUsLkuifqILvhOf3K0HF4TtgIXGQK50Bla1xA12H00GObg4ffms14+Jq9 FUqRvTzbwNy0gBsqJT4gcBPfWqXpsPt5gPFaulEn64HAGPo2lJp9nMJJsg1OrEmvfSXD IxgGN+68LN8DqUlg8gTw2KnesCaZV0myxiJrc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.172.41 with SMTP id az9mr8866214obc.42.1322078613788; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:03:33 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.182.62.227 with HTTP; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:03:33 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4ECD4584.6040905@egr.msu.edu> References: <4ECD4584.6040905@egr.msu.edu> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:03:33 -0800 Message-ID: From: Garrett Cooper To: Adam McDougall Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trouble getting serial support for "Live CD" in 9 installer X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:03:35 -0000 On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Adam McDougall wro= te: > I often use the serial console on my servers through ILOM remote console > access to install FreeBSD because it lets me cut and paste commands into = a > live shell from install media. =A0Back with FreeBSD 8.x and previous, the > console worked as a dual console between the redirected VGA/keyboard cons= ole > and serial, all I had to do was drop to the loader prompt at the boot loa= der > menu to enter: > > set console=3Dcomconsole > set boot_serial=3Dyes > boot > > From then on, the VGA console was ignored until I rebooted. =A0But in 9.x > (currently trying 9.0-RC2 from the usb image), I have to interrupt an > earlier loader to use -h or -D to enable serial(dual) console support at > all. =A0I then enter the two variables above as I usually do, then specif= y my > terminal type (xterm), then choose "Live CD" which prints: > Updating motd: /etc/motd is not writable, update failed. > Configuring syscons: blanktime. > Starting cron. > Starting background file system checks in 60 seconds. > > Wed Nov 23 19:03:02 UTC 2011 > > but then it prints the FreeBSD banner and spawns the login: prompt on the > VGA console instead. > > Is there something else I can set during the boot process to make this wo= rk? > =A0I could try modifying the configuration on the usb image to suit my si= te > but this is more modification than I required in the past and surprisingl= y > different. =A0Please let me know if I can provide more information or hel= p in > some way. =A0Thanks. > > If I don't hear back in a few days or so, I'll make a PR. You'll need to change your device.hints and /etc/ttys. -Garrett