Stephen Bosch wrote: > Hi: > > I have a Soekris net4801 which runs from a compact flash disk. It boots > to the serial console. I've set everything to 9600 baud, 8 bit words, no > parity, 1 stop bit. > > When left unattended, it boots normally. > > If I try to enter anything at the boot> prompt, I see one character and > then it hangs completely. Only a hard reset fixes it:
A generous soul has pointed out that flow control causes this problem. I have disabled all flow control in the terminal client and this resolved the problem. Thanks! -Stephen-
