Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:41:41 +1030 (CST) From: Justin Hawkins <justin@tardis.mx.com.au> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Serial boot prompt messages and a modem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912201953090.499-100000@tardis.mx.com.au>
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Hi there, I've recently had .. ahem .. fun trying to get my headless FreeBSD box to spit messages at the console. I've got the kernel doing it right, but not the boot loaders. The boot loader will print to the serial device - but it won't load my kernel :-( I haven't exhausted all oppurtunities here yet - this isn't a cry for help on that. The reason I need to play around with the boot loaders is that I need the serial console on COM2. I have a modem on COM1. Before you ask, I can't swap them over easily, I'd need to swap the connectors internally or buy some 9-25 adaptors. But I digress. I think (I am not positive on this) that if the boot loader talks to a modem in command mode with echo on, it gets confused and won't boot any further. Is this a known problem? Is there enough room in there for some code, which checks for this? IE if the first line output to the serial device == the first input (some version string probably) then it just ignores it and does the default action? Sorry about the vagueness - I didn't have time to test this or gain any real empirical evidence - I needed to get the machine back in action ASAP. Please CC any replies - I'm not on this list. Thanks. - Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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