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Date:      Thu, 06 Jan 2000 00:30:32 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Boot serial console all blanks 
Message-ID:  <200001060830.AAA01045@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 05 Jan 2000 10:11:23 PST." <200001051811.KAA22026@bubba.whistle.com> 

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> Has anyone else seen this problem?
> 
> The 2nd and 3rd stage boot loader output to the serial port is all
> blanks.  That is, every character is output as a blank -- you can
> see them printing, and see the 10 second autoboot messages, but
> they're all space characters.

Nope.  In your case, you're using a 'classic' boot2, correct?  I'd be 
wondering if it wasn't a BIOS issue, since both boot2 and the loader use 
the BIOS for serial output.

-- 
\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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