On 2026-02-02, Stuart McKim <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 02, 2026 at 09:06:44AM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: >> On 2026-01-31, Stuart McKim <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Now to figure out the longer-term approach for getting those panic >> > messages... >> >> what's the hardware? is there *no* serial port at all, or could there >> be one on a motherboard header? > > It's an HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen7 N40L. It's not exactly fast, but it > has 4 3.5" drive bays and is compact, so I've been using it for years as > my local file and backup server. It was running Debian Linux until a few > weeks ago when I switched it over to OpenBSD 7.8. > > https://community.hpe.com/hpeb/attachments/hpeb/bsc-431/20886/1/QuickSpecs.pdf > > Between my digging around online and physically examining the > motherboard, there does not appear to be a serial port header. It's a > small board, so not entirely surprising.
Ah right, correct those do not have a serial port at all. FWIW I have a couple of those running ok, but I'm just using the SATA drives on the motherboard (in AHCI mode), no additional HBAs in them.
