Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 20:49:05 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fixit.flp on a Serial Console Message-ID: <20010112204904.A97980@rfx-64-6-211-149.users.reflexco> In-Reply-To: <3A5FABEB.EAA83182@nisser.com>; from roelof@nisser.com on Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 02:14:19AM %2B0100 References: <20010112000630.A94396@rfx-64-6-211-149.users.reflexco> <3A5FABEB.EAA83182@nisser.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 02:14:19AM +0100, Roelof Osinga wrote: > "Crist J. Clark" wrote: > > > > ... > > At this point I am prompted to go to VTY4 and type 'exit' when I am > > done with the shell... Erm, umm, how does one switch to VTY4 on a > > serial console? I don't think there is such a thing on a serial boot. > > > > Anyone have some help for me? How do I recover the system from a > > serial console? The system on the HDD will not boot to the console. > > Yeah, it *is* a cute one <g>. > > You don't happen to have a Wyse or Televideo lying around? One of > the later crops with PC emulation? No this is a home box. The serial console is a null modem to a notebook PC. I could break down and move the box (no way I'm carrying my 19" monitor around), but what is stopping me is that I have got all of the wiring perfect on the boxes its stacked with... and of course, it is on the bottom of the stack. > Don't know if it would work, but it's worth a shot. Haven't got the hardware. > PS how about a PicoBSD bootflop? I was thinking about it. Never built a PicoBSD release before. It seems like it should not be too hard. The troubled machine boots up fine into multi-user with a 'login:' on the console. The problem is that there is some corruption in the login database and no users can get past the 'login:'. I need to get to single-user, but even though I get a serial console once I'm in multi-user, I don't get the boot prompt or messages to the serial console to break into single-user. Any other ideas are welcome. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20010112204904.A97980>