Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 21:40:05 GMT From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/90050: boot -s drops serial console at sh prompt Message-ID: <200512062140.jB6Le5Fh061890@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/90050; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Nick Johnson <freebsd@spatula.net> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/90050: boot -s drops serial console at sh prompt Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:32:57 -0500 On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 01:10:03PM -0800, Nick Johnson wrote: > When rebooting into FreeBSD 6.0 single-user mode for the first time from FreeBSD 5.4, the serial console appeared to > hang after mounting root. > > Gaining physical access to the machine revealed that the system had not hung, but was displaying the "Enter path to sh" prompt, > which had not been echoed to the serial console. > > Input from the serial console was not recognized. Sending a break from the serial console did not cause the debugger to start. > > /boot.config contains the flags -Dv > > It is unknown whether this happens any time FreeBSD 6.0 is rebooted into single user mode or if it only happens > when following the instructions in /usr/src/UPGRADING for upgrading from 5.4 to 6.0. Did the same thing work under 5.4? Kris
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