Hello Otto, I think you got it because the "x41" doesn't have a serial port. Moreover, I checked the file and the date shows "Apr 7 2011", so yes, I bet it was already here and I was caught.
Thanks again. Jean-Philippe. 2012/6/19 Otto Moerbeek <[email protected]> > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:54:22AM -0400, jean-philippe luiggi wrote: > > > Hello everybody, > > > > As usual, "Thanks a lot" for help guys. > > You got it, the "boot.conf" was here but dunno if I understand where he > > comes from. > > > > The process I run this morning was : > > > > "boot bsd.rd" > > choose mirror > > process us usal (I can't remember seeing something that's console > related). > > reboot then problem... > > What I suspect happened is the following: that boot.conf was there all > the time. But until recently, serial console was only made possible on > systems with at least one standard serial port according to the bios. > But now that restriction has been lifted, to allow puc(4) serial cards > to work as a console. So now your "sleeping" boot.conf kicked in. > > -Otto > > > > > By the way, you rock and I know why I use this system for a so long time. > > > > Cheers. > > > > Jean-Philippe. > > > > > > 2012/6/19 Otto Moerbeek <[email protected]> > > > > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 09:52:24AM -0400, jean-philippe luiggi wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I just updated my install this morning using the last snapshot > > > > (20120618) for i386 but now the laptop (thinkpad x41) can't boot and > get > > > > stuck > > > > before the first prompt. > > > > > > > > Last message I see is "switching console to com0". > > > > > > > > Cheers. > > > > > > > > Jean-Philippe. > > > > > > It's probably not stuck, it's using com0 as console. Check your > > > /etc/boot.conf > > > To do that, boot while holding the cntrl key. It will use an > > > all-default boot setup, i.e. using a glass console on a i386. > > > > > > -Otto
