Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 18:11:10 +0200 (CEST) From: Harti Brandt <hartmut.brandt@dlr.de> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/95408: install over serial console does not work as documented Message-ID: <20060406180237.L57973@beagle.kn.op.dlr.de> In-Reply-To: <200604061158.22355.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <200604061229.k36CTud7033071@www.freebsd.org> <200604061158.22355.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, John Baldwin wrote: JB>On Thursday 06 April 2006 08:29, Harti Brandt wrote: JB>> JB>> >Number: 95408 JB>> >Category: docs JB>> >Synopsis: install over serial console does not work as documented JB>> >Confidential: no JB>> >Severity: serious JB>> >Priority: low JB>> >Responsible: freebsd-doc JB>> >State: open JB>> >Quarter: JB>> >Keywords: JB>> >Date-Required: JB>> >Class: doc-bug JB>> >Submitter-Id: current-users JB>> >Arrival-Date: Thu Apr 06 12:30:20 GMT 2006 JB>> >Closed-Date: JB>> >Last-Modified: JB>> >Originator: Harti Brandt JB>> >Release: 6.1-beta4 JB>> >Organization: JB>> DLR JB>> >Environment: JB>> >Description: JB>> The installation document describes a procedure to install on i386 over a JB>> serial console. It recommends to either unplug the keyboard or to interrupt the boot and boot with boot -h. JB>> JB>> Boot -h turns out not to work. While all the kernel messages from the probing JB>> appear on both the normal console and the serial one, after mounting the root JB>> file system the system switches entirely to the normal console. JB>> JB>> Instead the following procedure will do it (but require at least a keyboard on the machine in question): JB>> JB>> - interrupt the boot in the boot menu by pressing 6 JB>> - enter the following lines: JB>> JB>> set boot_multicons="YES" JB>> set boot_serial="YES" JB>> set console="comconsole" JB>> boot JB> JB>Are you doing 'boot -h' at the loader prompt? I think all you need to do is JB>break into the loader and do: JB> JB>set console="comconsole vidconsole" As I said I did what the documentation says: press 6 when the menu appears and then say boot -h. This should be the load prompt, I think? If one is supposed to use the 'set console' instead of boot -h we should just fix the documentation. harti JB>instead.
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