Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 18:42:11 +0200 From: Dirk Engling <erdgeist@erdgeist.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Puzzle involving serial console and ...??!? Message-ID: <20150831164211.5611597.78437.7008@erdgeist.org> In-Reply-To: <9D30425C-CFBF-4502-BA04-6F6B0352610F@xcllnt.net> References: <20150831030639.GH1153@albert.catwhisker.org> <9D30425C-CFBF-4502-BA04-6F6B0352610F@xcllnt.net>
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Original Message From: Marcel Moolenaar Sent: Montag, 31. August 2015 18:20 To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Puzzle involving serial console and ...??!? > On Aug 30, 2015, at 8:06 PM, David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> wrote: > > By doing so, I have a working serial console (once the FreeBSD > loader gains control from the BIOS, at least)... half the time. > > I have determined that whether or not I have a functioning serial > console for freebeast depends on whether I boot albert from slice > 1 or slice 2: if from slice 1, it doesn't work; if from slice 2, > it does. Check your boot sectors. boot0 is shared between the slices, so that’s less of a concern, but boot2 is specific to each slice. You can force a serial console by writing “-P“ to /boot.config (if not already done). It helps if you tell the kernel specifically to use a serial console (as well): boot_serial=yes hw.uart.console=“io:0x3f8” boot_multicons=yes I have found that with vt(4) it’s pretty much impossible to not have it claim the console. I haven’t figured out why... -- Marcel Moolenaar marcel@xcllnt.net
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