Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 06:10:41 -0800 From: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> To: Ulrich Spoerlein <uspoerlein@gmail.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot0sio working for anyone? Message-ID: <20080209141041.GS53191@bunrab.catwhisker.org> In-Reply-To: <7ad7ddd90802090517q60923862ncef89ee652d99a6e@mail.gmail.com> References: <20080208185405.GA1479@roadrunner.spoerlein.net> <47ACAE62.2060706@FreeBSD.org> <47ACB7BB.7090305@samsco.org> <20080209102415.GC1584@roadrunner.spoerlein.net> <86wspecq42.fsf@ds4.des.no> <7ad7ddd90802090517q60923862ncef89ee652d99a6e@mail.gmail.com>
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--3mUD2hqWbnBptYHy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 02:17:06PM +0100, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote: > On Feb 9, 2008 12:43 PM, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> wrote: > > Ulrich Spoerlein <uspoerlein@gmail.com> writes: > > > So, to recap the question: Is boot0sio working with 9600 or 115200 ba= ud > > > for anyone on 8-CURRENT (and built with gcc 4.x)? > > > > I use the regular boot0, and > > > > console=3D"comconsole" > > comconsole_speed=3D"115200" > > > > in /boot/loader.conf >=20 > Can you boot from different disks and slices using this approach? > Perhaps with this weird syntax? > 0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader >=20 > Or can the loader be tricked into chain-booting another loader on > another disk and slice? (Lucky me, I'm only trying to get this to work > using FreeBSD only ...) I'm a bit hesitant to chime in, as my approach appears to differ both in means and ends from yours, but perhaps the ends aren't all that different after all, and it might help, so: For my "build machine," which I run headless, I also use the regular boot0. However, my /boot/loader.conf is empty. Rather, I created /boot.config; it contains -DP and I have its sio0 connected to one of the serial ports of the nearest other machine (a SPARCstation 5/170) via a "null MODEM" cable. I also configured the BIOS to use "serial redirection" (so I have access to poke at BIOS stuff when I'm physically distant form the machine) -- though that doesn't matter for boot disk/slice selection. I'm using the FreeBSD boot loader; hitting F[1-5] when the FreeBSD boot loader prompts does the usual disk & slice selection, though I only use that ability when I've forgotten to set the next boot slice via boot0cfg(8). (In my case, I do this because I track each of RELENG_6, RELENG_7, and HEAD on different slices of the boot disk on the machine.) Peace, david --=20 David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org I submit that "conspiracy" would be an appropriate collective noun for cats. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. --3mUD2hqWbnBptYHy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkettGEACgkQmprOCmdXAD260wCdFo8bUU7z14sJt9tYoWC5Nb5l rpkAn3oc02p4YvWWcYdo0YQOqR3HvzHX =Ql+P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3mUD2hqWbnBptYHy--
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