Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 15:24:04 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Does booting from install floppy with a serial console still work? Message-ID: <19990427072411.8BAC21F58@spinner.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 27 Apr 1999 15:57:42 %2B0930." <19990427155741.A46511@freebie.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote: > I've just tried to capture the sequence of booting on 3.1 for the next > edition of "The Complete FreeBSD". I was somewhat less than > successful. Simply removing the keyboard and telling the BIOS I had > none had no effect whatsoever: it went on merrily booting from floppy > and displaying on the monitor. > > Next, I tried interrupting the first level boot. This worked fine: I > got my connection on the serial line, but I couldn't find anything to > boot. Here's the dialogue: > > Connected. > >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > Default: 0:fd(0,a)boot > boot: (pressed Enter) > No boot Hmm, that should be /boot/loader, not boot. This works for me... >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:da(0,a)/boot/loader boot: /-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\ Console: serial port BIOS drive A: is disk0 BIOS drive C: is disk1 [..] But I have: # cat /boot.config /boot/loader -P Cheers, -Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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