Re: Booting using serial console
Gary Aitken wrote: Well, nothing like feeling like a blind person... I'm trying to boot / install 4.5 on a headless system. I've made the serial console boot floppies, but get no response when I try to use them. [...] boot.config looks like: /boot/loader -h I could be wrong, but isn't 'boot.config' supposed to contain only arguments you would otherwise enter at the boot prompt? So it should be just a single '-h'. I have a '-P' in that file, for instance, and it works as expected. When the machine tries to boot, how does it determine the baud rate to use on the com1 port, assuming it is properly listening there? I'm guessing the baud rates of the machine and the terminal are mismatched. 'sio0' in the kernel config needs a 'flags 0x10' directive in order to make COM1 a (potential) console port. Default speed is 9600 bit/s. Uwe -- Uwe Doering | EscapeBox - Managed On-Demand UNIX Servers [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.escapebox.net ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Booting using serial console
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Gary Aitken wrote: I've made the serial console boot floppies, but get no response when I try to use them. Give that I use that quite a lot with 4.8 - I'd expect that it perhaps is something like COM1 not connected in the bios or on the motherboard ? Dw ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Booting using serial console
Well, nothing like feeling like a blind person... I'm trying to boot / install 4.5 on a headless system. I've made the serial console boot floppies, but get no response when I try to use them. I've got a vt220 plugged into com1; I know the cable is good because I plugged it into com1 on a windoze box and could read and write the vt220 using hyperterminal. The vt220 is set to 9600 baud (it's max rate is 19200) The boot floppies look like this: boot loader loader.rc boot.config kernel.gz boot.config looks like: /boot/loader -h When the machine tries to boot, how does it determine the baud rate to use on the com1 port, assuming it is properly listening there? I'm guessing the baud rates of the machine and the terminal are mismatched. I've tried typing on the keyboard as it is attempting to boot, but still get no response. I get two beeps after about 8 seconds or so after the floppy starts reading. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Gary ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Booting using serial console
The serial ports are ok. However, in checking that out I discovered that it will boot from the serial console if there is also a keyboard plugged in (no monitor). So then I put the monitor on and unplugged the keyboard. The boot sequence shows: keyboard error during the initial BIOS boot. Then, when the scsi devices are probed, I get F1 to resume, F2 to setup It looks like BIOS won't let me boot unattended without a keyboard. With the keyboard, it comes up ok on the serial port. Anyone know of a way around this? Olivier Nicole wrote: I've got a vt220 plugged into com1; I know the cable is good because I plugged it into com1 on a windoze box and could read and write the vt220 using hyperterminal. Stupid question, but you are sure that the serial ports are not disabled in the BIOS? I know I'd install through normal screen/keyboard and would try to remove them only when the system is more or less stable. Bests, olivier ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list [2]http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [3][EMAIL PROTECTED] References 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions 3. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Booting using serial console
I don't see one in this one. It's a pretty old BIOS in a micron P200. Bummer. Thanks. Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Jun 10), Gary Aitken said: The serial ports are ok. However, in checking that out I discovered that it will boot from the serial console if there is also a keyboard plugged in (no monitor). So then I put the monitor on and unplugged the keyboard. The boot sequence shows: keyboard error during the initial BIOS boot. Then, when the scsi devices are probed, I get F1 to resume, F2 to setup It looks like BIOS won't let me boot unattended without a keyboard. With the keyboard, it comes up ok on the serial port. Anyone know of a way around this? Olivier Nicole wrote: Most BIOSes have a setting to ignore keyboard errors on bootup. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Booting using serial console
In the last episode (Jun 10), Gary Aitken said: I don't see one in this one. It's a pretty old BIOS in a micron P200. If you've got a Millennia, you should be able to go to the Main tab and select Boot Sequence. Then go to POST Errors and set that to [Disabled]. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Booting using serial console
Unfortunately, this is the model just before the Millennia. Looks like the only boot options are the order for floppy vs hard disk. Pooey. Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Jun 10), Gary Aitken said: I don't see one in this one. It's a pretty old BIOS in a micron P200. If you've got a Millennia, you should be able to go to the Main tab and select Boot Sequence. Then go to POST Errors and set that to [Disabled]. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
