Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 02:17:44 -0500 From: Lanny Baron <lnb@FreeBSDsystems.COM> To: David Aquilina <dwaquilina@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial Console Install Message-ID: <41DCE618.8060601@FreeBSDsystems.COM> In-Reply-To: <add8077804091421047f650b93@mail.gmail.com> References: <add8077804091421047f650b93@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, If you are trying to install FreeBSD on a bare system (workstation or server) do the following: 1) press 6 at the loader prompt (when you get the neat text-graphic of Beastie <tm> 2) you should get a 'OK' 3) type: set console=comconsole 3) you will get another 'OK' 4) type boot That should get you going. =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Lanny Baron Proud to be 100% FreeBSD http://www.FreeBSDsystems.COM Toll Free: 1.877.963.1900 =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= David Aquilina wrote: > I've asked this question before as part of another post, however it > seems people ignore it. So, I thought I'd break it out separately. > > I'm trying to do a serial console installation for various reasons. > However, it stops at this point: > > md0: Preloaded image </boot/mfsroot> 4194304 bytes at 0xffffffff808e4ba0 > ad0: 78533MB <HDS722580VLAT20/V32OA63A> [159560/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100 > ATAPI_RESET time = 50us > acd0: CDRW <AOPEN COM5232/AAH/1.06> at ata1-master UDMA33 > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/md0 > > I set the "console" variable in the loader to "comconsole", then in > the serial console boot with "boot -h". I've also tried "boot -D", but > it still stops at the same point. I've tried this with both > 5.2.1-RELEASE and a recent 5.3-BETA. > > Am I doing something wrong, or have I run across a bug? > > If a bug, what's the proper way to report it? > > Thanks. >
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