Re: amd64, 57600 serial install help
On 21/07/2012 22:06, Ihsan Junaidi Ibrahim wrote: I assume you have compiled the bootblocks as per the instruction in the handbook. Second, do you have more than one serial port on the box because FreeBSD can only work its serial console magic on only one port at a time. If you redirect your IPMI serial console or just a normal serial console, take note it's interrupt number in the BIOS. You'll need to append the 0x10 flags to your UART device in device.hints file if the you plug in the cable at a non-default port. i have submitted a PR re this as a serial install on 8.3 works fine. Paul. -- - Paul Macdonald IFDNRG Ltd Web and video hosting - t: 0131 5548070 m: 07970339546 e: p...@ifdnrg.com w: http://www.ifdnrg.com - IFDNRG 40 Maritime Street Edinburgh EH6 6SA - ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
amd64, 57600 serial install help
what am i doing wrong here? From rebuilding the install iso and from the handbook instructions here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-advanced.html which suggests that in /boot/loader.conf only console=comconsole is required, i have tried this and also explicity setting speed in boot/loader.conf console=comconsole comconsole_speed=57600 i have also tried having the settings i use to access via serial post install ie: /etc/ttys:ttyu0 /usr/libexec/getty std.57600 vt100 on secure and /boot/config: -D but same result, install stops ( or goes elsewhere at point below) It does boot stage 1 and stage 2 then i get nothing? test serial output: - CD Loader 1.2 r Configuration Menu ... Building the boot loader arguments Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found Relocating the loader and the BTX Starting the BTX loader BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02 Consoles: internal video/keyboard BIOS CD is cd0 in 5 sec.. BIOS drive A: is disk0 BIOS drive C: is disk1 BIOS 640kB/3668736kB available memory FreeBSD/x86 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 (r...@farrell.cse.buffalo.edu, Tue Jan 3 06:51:49 UTC 2012) (nothing after this point) -- - Paul Macdonald IFDNRG Ltd Web and video hosting - t: 0131 5548070 m: 07970339546 e: p...@ifdnrg.com w: http://www.ifdnrg.com - IFDNRG 40 Maritime Street Edinburgh EH6 6SA - ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: amd64, 57600 serial install help
I assume you have compiled the bootblocks as per the instruction in the handbook. Second, do you have more than one serial port on the box because FreeBSD can only work its serial console magic on only one port at a time. If you redirect your IPMI serial console or just a normal serial console, take note it's interrupt number in the BIOS. You'll need to append the 0x10 flags to your UART device in device.hints file if the you plug in the cable at a non-default port. ihsan On Jul 22, 2012, at 1:47 AM, Paul Macdonald wrote: what am i doing wrong here? From rebuilding the install iso and from the handbook instructions here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-advanced.html which suggests that in /boot/loader.conf only console=comconsole is required, i have tried this and also explicity setting speed in boot/loader.conf console=comconsole comconsole_speed=57600 i have also tried having the settings i use to access via serial post install ie: /etc/ttys:ttyu0 /usr/libexec/getty std.57600 vt100 on secure and /boot/config: -D but same result, install stops ( or goes elsewhere at point below) It does boot stage 1 and stage 2 then i get nothing? test serial output: - CD Loader 1.2 r Configuration Menu ... Building the boot loader arguments Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found Relocating the loader and the BTX Starting the BTX loader BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02 Consoles: internal video/keyboard BIOS CD is cd0 in 5 sec.. BIOS drive A: is disk0 BIOS drive C: is disk1 BIOS 640kB/3668736kB available memory FreeBSD/x86 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 (r...@farrell.cse.buffalo.edu, Tue Jan 3 06:51:49 UTC 2012) (nothing after this point) -- - Paul Macdonald IFDNRG Ltd Web and video hosting - t: 0131 5548070 m: 07970339546 e: p...@ifdnrg.com w: http://www.ifdnrg.com - IFDNRG 40 Maritime Street Edinburgh EH6 6SA - ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org