From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 29 22:00:58 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C1B3106566C for ; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:00:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: from mx01.sc1.parodius.com (mx01.sc1.parodius.com [72.20.106.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FF558FC16 for ; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:00:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: by mx01.sc1.parodius.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 17BC11CC033; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:00:58 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:00:58 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Mark Reidel Message-ID: <20080229220058.GB5805@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <47C86444.4070807@reidel.info> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47C86444.4070807@reidel.info> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to boot without VGA-card X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:00:58 -0000 On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 09:00:04PM +0100, Mark Reidel wrote: > Does anybody have any idea what else I could try? Is it possible for you to put the machine up on serial console somehow? This might permit you to see where the problem is occurring. Assuming you're using the FreeBSD boot straps, put the string "-Dh" in /boot.config, then reboot the box. Have another machine attached to the FreeBSD machine's COM1 port, set to 9600bps 8N1, and see what happens. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |