Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 09:48:17 +0900 From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: 4.0-20000307-CURRENT kern.flp keyboard probe questions Message-ID: <200003110048.JAA10261@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 10 Mar 2000 15:17:24 CST." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003101510150.6382-100000@ren.sasknow.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003101510150.6382-100000@ren.sasknow.com>
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>Maybe there is a valid reason for this, but when I attempt to boot the 4.0 >kern.flp without a keyboard attached (I share one keyboard between four >systems, here), it displays keyboard: no and the BTX loader message, and >ceases to display ANY output on the attached monitor (though it does >continue to access the disk, I'm assuming, until the MFS root floppy is >needed)? > >I assume this is because, without a keyboard, the loader assumes a serial >console is attached. Yes. And this has been the behavior since FreeBSD 2.X. >This is not the case in my situation. > >Isn't there a better way to identify a serial console? I don't understand. What do you expect the boot loader to do? >And, if not, could >the loader at least not display a message on the local monitor like >"Switching output to serial console...", or better yet, "Switching output >to serial console in 10 seconds.. press any key to abort"? Which key do you mean? The system has found no keyboard, you know :-) Kazu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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