Re: OpenBSD boot iso image serial console

; >> cd-dir/etc/boot.conf echo "set image /7.1/amd64/bsd.rd" >> cd-dir/etc/boot.conf mkhybrid -a -R -T -L -l -d -D -N -o ${CDROM} \ -A "OpenBSD ${OSREV} ${MACHINE} bootonly CD" \ -P "Copyright (c) `date +%Y` Theo de Raadt, The OpenBS

Re: OpenBSD boot iso image serial console

On 2022-08-20, Riccardo Giuntoli wrote: > Hello there, I want to build an iso image whose output has to be a serial > consolle. > > I'm doing this in a Linux workstation and those are my commands: > > [[ ! -d "tmp" ]] && mkdir tmp > [[ ! -d "mnt" ]] && mkdir mnt > > sudo mount -o rw,loop -t

OpenBSD boot iso image serial console

Hello there, I want to build an iso image whose output has to be a serial consolle. I'm doing this in a Linux workstation and those are my commands: [[ ! -d "tmp" ]] && mkdir tmp [[ ! -d "mnt" ]] && mkdir mnt sudo mount -o rw,loop -t iso9660 ${1} $(pwd)/mnt/ sudo cp -Rp $(pwd)/mnt/*

Re: serial console works only if system is booted from it

On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:11:58 -0500, Andrew Daugherity wrote: > This is probably worth a mention in the ttys(5) man page. It's one of > those things that once you've worked through it, you know, but it's > not at all obvious that HUP-ing init applies changes from every other > column but NOT any

Re: serial console works only if system is booted from it

On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 9:01 PM Todd C. Miller wrote: > > On Sun, 24 Jul 2022 23:50:11 -0700, Kastus Shchuka wrote: > > > Apparently, restarting getty on tty00 was not enough. > > After reboot, I got login prompt on tty00 line. > > Running "ttyflags -a" as root would probably also fix it without

Re: serial console works only if system is booted from it

On Sun, 24 Jul 2022 23:50:11 -0700, Kastus Shchuka wrote: > Apparently, restarting getty on tty00 was not enough. > After reboot, I got login prompt on tty00 line. Running "ttyflags -a" as root would probably also fix it without the need for a reboot. - todd

Re: serial console works only if system is booted from it

On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 11:35:18PM -0700, Kastus Shchuka wrote: > On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 01:38:41AM -0400, Hugo Villeneuve wrote: > > > > I wrote this ages ago: > > > > https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc=139089795907395=2 > > > > it may apply to you. > > Thank you for the link. Unfortunately,

Re: serial console works only if system is booted from it

t 08:37:06PM -0700, Kastus Shchuka wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I tried to set up serial console on my system in addition to the > > regular monitor/keyboard, and I am running into a problem. > > > > I want to have both local monitor and serial console. > > > &g

serial console works only if system is booted from it

Hi, I tried to set up serial console on my system in addition to the regular monitor/keyboard, and I am running into a problem. I want to have both local monitor and serial console. This is what I have tried. The system is booted with console on the attached monitor/keyboard. I change

Serial console output stalls

Hi, I am using the vmctl application on a 7.0 stable host with a -current guest. The guest was busy building some port. During this build on the guest I started another build on the host. I was following the build of the guest using vmctl console. After this I noticed a couple of times that

Re: serial console images for installing on vmd based guests

> On Mar 13, 2019, at 6:30 PM, Chris Cappuccio wrote: > > I think I'm just too stupid to use Linux. I know grub-based boot loaders give > you that option, but then I went to try Alpine Linux, and from what I'm > finding, I have to setup a config file put it back into the ISO. Chris, I've

Re: serial console images for installing on vmd based guests

On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 03:30:12PM -0700, Chris Cappuccio wrote: > Mike Larkin [mlar...@nested.page] wrote: > > > > Still not sure I understand what you're after. Basically all Linux > > installers > > can do this, you just need to add console=ttyS0,115200 to the kernel command > > line. I don't

Re: serial console images for installing on vmd based guests

Hi Chris, yeah the grub loaders config files are what I have changed in the past to move the console from vga to serial (on RHEL /Centos) On Wed, 13 Mar 2019 at 22:45, Chris Cappuccio wrote: > > Mike Larkin [mlar...@nested.page] wrote: > > > > Still not sure I understand what you're after.

Re: serial console images for installing on vmd based guests

Mike Larkin [mlar...@nested.page] wrote: > > Still not sure I understand what you're after. Basically all Linux installers > can do this, you just need to add console=ttyS0,115200 to the kernel command > line. I don't think there are any installers that have this change already > made. > I

Re: serial console images for installing on vmd based guests

On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 09:01:26AM -0700, Chris Cappuccio wrote: > Mike Larkin [mlar...@nested.page] wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 05:37:04PM -0700, Chris Cappuccio wrote: > > > Is there any archive of serial console bootable images (w/virtio support) > > > for

Re: serial console images for installing on vmd based guests

Mike Larkin [mlar...@nested.page] wrote: > On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 05:37:04PM -0700, Chris Cappuccio wrote: > > Is there any archive of serial console bootable images (w/virtio support) > > for Linux or other OSes to boot under vmd? > > > > You mean installer im

Re: serial console images for installing on vmd based guests

On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 4:08 AM Claudio Jeker wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 11:48:01PM -0700, Mike Larkin wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 05:37:04PM -0700, Chris Cappuccio wrote: > > > Is there any archive of serial console bootable images (w/virtio support) > >

Re: serial console images for installing on vmd based guests

On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 11:48:01PM -0700, Mike Larkin wrote: > On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 05:37:04PM -0700, Chris Cappuccio wrote: > > Is there any archive of serial console bootable images (w/virtio support) > > for Linux or other OSes to boot under vmd? > > > > You

Re: serial console images for installing on vmd based guests

On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 05:37:04PM -0700, Chris Cappuccio wrote: > Is there any archive of serial console bootable images (w/virtio support) > for Linux or other OSes to boot under vmd? > You mean installer images? Like things you would install from? Tons. If you're talking about pre-

serial console images for installing on vmd based guests

Is there any archive of serial console bootable images (w/virtio support) for Linux or other OSes to boot under vmd?

Re: VMM Serial Console issues with Alpine Linux in -current

On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 03:55:25AM +0700, Kamil Shakirov wrote: > Hello Mike, > > Just wanted to update you that I can now successfully run Debian 9 x64 VM on > recently released OpenBSD 6.2. All I did was fresh Debian install in Qemu, > then configured serial console i

Re: VMM Serial Console issues with Alpine Linux in -current

On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 03:55:25AM +0700, Kamil Shakirov wrote: > Hello Mike, > > Just wanted to update you that I can now successfully run Debian 9 x64 VM on > recently released OpenBSD 6.2. All I did was fresh Debian install in Qemu, > then configured serial console i

Re: VMM Serial Console issues with Alpine Linux in -current

Hello Mike, Just wanted to update you that I can now successfully run Debian 9 x64 VM on recently released OpenBSD 6.2. All I did was fresh Debian install in Qemu, then configured serial console in grub settings. Thank you for your work on vmm. By the way, is it possible to allocate more

6.2-RELEASE with single disk FDE hangs on serial console after wrong passphrase

Hi misc, I have a PC Engines apu2b4 with one 16 GB ssd, for installation or reboot reasons I am connected via serial console. Here is the boot screen: (dmesg below) = PC Engines apu2 coreboot build 20170831 BIOS version v4.0.12 4080 MB ECC DRAM SeaBIOS (version rel

Re: VMM Serial Console issues with Alpine Linux in -current

; >> snapshots (weeks) ago I created a Linux VM installing Devuan amd64 using > >> Qemu. Then configured this image to use serial port for booting and > >> login. Then got it to run with vmctl(8) successfuly. Then configured sshd > >> and forgot about serial console login. Every

Re: VMM Serial Console issues with Alpine Linux in -current

Linux VM installing Devuan amd64 using >> Qemu. Then configured this image to use serial port for booting and >> login. Then got it to run with vmctl(8) successfuly. Then configured sshd >> and forgot about serial console login. Everything worked smoothly and I >> used ema

Re: VMM Serial Console issues with Alpine Linux in -current

s in writing the prompt, but ash appears to exit and > >>>> > > return you to the login prompt. > >>>> > > > >>>> > > Looking into the source for busybox, it seems to be triggered here: > >>>> > > https://git.busybox.net/busyb

Re: VMM Serial Console issues with Alpine Linux in -current

t; > > >>>> > > Looking into the source for busybox, it seems to be triggered here: >>>> > > https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/shell/ash.c?h=1_27_stable#n3857 >>>> > > >>>> > > The call is to tcgetpgrp(3) trying to get

Re: VMM Serial Console issues with Alpine Linux in -current

> > https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/shell/ash.c?h=1_27_stable#n3857 >>> > > >>> > > The call is to tcgetpgrp(3) trying to get the process group for the >>> > > TTY file descriptor. >>> > > >>> > > I'm a wee bit

Re: VMM Serial Console issues with Alpine Linux in -current

stable#n3857 >> > > >> > > The call is to tcgetpgrp(3) trying to get the process group for the >> > > TTY file descriptor. >> > > >> > > I'm a wee bit in over my head at this point, but figured I'd share the >> > > latest. I'm honestly

Re: VMM Serial Console issues with Alpine Linux in -current

he call is to tcgetpgrp(3) trying to get the process group for the > > > TTY file descriptor. > > > > > > I'm a wee bit in over my head at this point, but figured I'd share the > > > latest. I'm honestly not sure if this is an issue with Alpine, but I > >

Re: VMM Serial Console issues with Alpine Linux in -current

n over my head at this point, but figured I'd share the > > latest. I'm honestly not sure if this is an issue with Alpine, but I > > think if I can get it to work with a serial console in QEMU then it's > > possibly a deficiency in VMD/SeaBIOS. > > > > -Dave Voutil

Re: VMM Serial Console issues with Alpine Linux in -current

ort for booting and > login. Then got it to run with vmctl(8) successfuly. Then configured sshd > and forgot about serial console login. Everything worked smoothly and I > used emacs/tramp/ssh to do development on this VM which was a very good > experience. > > After the latest snaps

Re: VMM Serial Console issues with Alpine Linux in -current

and forgot about serial console login. Everything worked smoothly and I used emacs/tramp/ssh to do development on this VM which was a very good experience. After the latest snapshot upgrade I cannot boot this VM image anymore with vmctl(8). When booting I get this error (from Linux boot log

Re: VMM Serial Console issues with Alpine Linux in -current

ell/ash.c?h=1_27_stable#n3857 > > The call is to tcgetpgrp(3) trying to get the process group for the > TTY file descriptor. > > I'm a wee bit in over my head at this point, but figured I'd share the > latest. I'm honestly not sure if this is an issue with Alpine, but I > think

Re: VMM Serial Console issues with Alpine Linux in -current

Mike, Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, this is during the initial Alpine iso boot _before_ a new user is created. Hence root is the only user in existance during login per their installation instructions (per https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Installation). I dug a little further and found

Re: VMM Serial Console issues with Alpine Linux in -current

a wee bit in over my head at this point, but figured I'd share the latest. I'm honestly not sure if this is an issue with Alpine, but I think if I can get it to work with a serial console in QEMU then it's possibly a deficiency in VMD/SeaBIOS. -Dave Voutila On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 12:41 PM, Da

Re: VMM Serial Console issues with Alpine Linux in -current

On Sun, Sep 03, 2017 at 12:41:31PM -0400, Dave Voutila wrote: > Hi misc@, > > I'm using the latest AMD64 snapshot from 2017-09-02 and can no longer > log into an Alpine Linux VM. (This was working with a previous > snapshot from a few days ago.) > > Currently I'm using the "vanilla" image from >

VMM Serial Console issues with Alpine Linux in -current

Hi misc@, I'm using the latest AMD64 snapshot from 2017-09-02 and can no longer log into an Alpine Linux VM. (This was working with a previous snapshot from a few days ago.) Currently I'm using the "vanilla" image from https://www.alpinelinux.org/downloads/ I've removed any presence of

Re: serial & console access

On 2016-04-27, jungle Boogie wrote: > Hi All, > > I would like to connect to a laptop via serial so I set this in > /etc/boot.conf: > set tty com0 > > Unexpectedly to me, I could not see the machine actually boot up until > it went to the login prompt. > > Is there an

Re: serial & console access

both console > and serial access? There is exactly one boot console, but you may have multiple ttys. At the moment, you boot on the serial console, but you have additional "pc" ttys ("/dev/ttyC?"). Of course you can also do the reverse: Boot on the pc console and configure additio

serial & console access

Hi All, I would like to connect to a laptop via serial so I set this in /etc/boot.conf: set tty com0 Unexpectedly to me, I could not see the machine actually boot up until it went to the login prompt. Is there an /etc/boot.conf option I can set to support both console and serial access?

Re: Serial console on Sunix 40XX (PCI)

On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 10:50:35AM +0100, Radek wrote: I'm trying to setup a serial console. My RS-232 is an old PCIcard. I tried this way: boot set tty com4 /etc/ttys: tty00 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 vt220 on secure tty04 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 vt220 on secure

Re: Serial console on Sunix 40XX (PCI)

: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo com4: console com5 at puc0 port 1 apic 2 int 16: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo lpt3 at puc0 port 2 apic 2 int 16 My serial console works well now. Thanks! On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:23:25 -0800 Mike Larkin mlar...@azathoth.net wrote: man boot search for 'comaddr'. You probably

Serial console on Sunix 40XX (PCI)

I'm trying to setup a serial console. My RS-232 is an old PCIcard. I tried this way: boot set tty com4 /etc/ttys: tty00 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 vt220 on secure tty04 /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 vt220 on secure but can't connect to console and the system doesn't boot. What am I

Re: softraid crypto root with serial console?

On Thu, 6 Nov 2014, Joel Sing wrote: On Thu, 6 Nov 2014, TJ wrote: On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 11:33:21PM -0500, Ted Unangst wrote: If you look in sys/arch/amd64/stand/libsa/bioscons.c you'll see two functions, pc_probe and com_probe, which set cn-cn_pri. You'll need to swap MIDPRI and LOWPRI and

softraid crypto root with serial console?

Hello. I am trying to create a 'headless' setup using a softraid crypto root with serial console on OpenBSD 5.6-release amd64. I have everything installed and working just fine, except I'm having a problem getting the 'headless' part going. I followed the instructions in section 7.6

Re: softraid crypto root with serial console?

On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 23:04, John Merriam wrote: Hello. I am trying to create a 'headless' setup using a softraid crypto root with serial console on OpenBSD 5.6-release amd64. I have everything installed and working just fine, except I'm having a problem getting the 'headless' part going

Re: softraid crypto root with serial console?

On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 11:33:21PM -0500, Ted Unangst wrote: On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 23:04, John Merriam wrote: Hello. I am trying to create a 'headless' setup using a softraid crypto root with serial console on OpenBSD 5.6-release amd64. I have everything installed and working just

Re: softraid crypto root with serial console?

On Thu, 6 Nov 2014, TJ wrote: On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 11:33:21PM -0500, Ted Unangst wrote: On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 23:04, John Merriam wrote: Hello. I am trying to create a 'headless' setup using a softraid crypto root with serial console on OpenBSD 5.6-release amd64. I have

lost serial console

Hi, Yesterday I've updated one of machines from OpenBSD 5.4-current (GENERIC.MP) #70: Tue Oct 1 12:57:28 MDT 2013 to OpenBSD 5.4-current (GENERIC.MP) #193: Mon Jan 6 13:43:26 MST 2014 I can connect to this machine with a serial cable using cu cu -s 9600 -l /dev/cua00 I can see the boot

Re: lost serial console

On 2014-01-08, Kapetanakis Giannis bil...@edu.physics.uoc.gr wrote: Hi, Yesterday I've updated one of machines from OpenBSD 5.4-current (GENERIC.MP) #70: Tue Oct 1 12:57:28 MDT 2013 to OpenBSD 5.4-current (GENERIC.MP) #193: Mon Jan 6 13:43:26 MST 2014 I can connect to this machine with a

Re: lost serial console

On 08/01/14 13:25, Stuart Henderson wrote: Your boot loader is too old, you need to update it. This is done automatically when you update with bsd.rd, or there's an example in installboot(8). Thanks. Problem solved. Although I did not follow installboot(8) example... mv /boot /boot-old cp

Re: PgUp and PgDown on a Serial Console?

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction guys, I am now happily using screen's copy mode for scroll back on my Serial Console sessions. Evan Root, CCNA On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 7:00 AM, Christian Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.dewrote: Evan Root cellarr...@gmail.com wrote: Tmux

Re: PgUp and PgDown on a Serial Console?

Evan Root cellarr...@gmail.com wrote: Tmux is a very good idea, I hadn't thought of it before but I'm already using screen as the serial console client, So why don't you use screen's scrollback buffer? -- Christian naddy Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de

PgUp and PgDown on a Serial Console?

Hi list, Does anybody know how to scroll back in a serial line console? I have a serial line connected to my box and I'm on the ftp site at the ftp client's command prompt wondering if anybody else has solved the problem of 1) not having a pager 2) trying to look at too many files that scroll off

Re: PgUp and PgDown on a Serial Console?

Evan Root cellarr...@gmail.com wrote: Does anybody know how to scroll back in a serial line console? That's a function of your local terminal. I have a serial line connected to my box and I'm on the ftp site at the ftp client's command prompt wondering if anybody else has solved the problem

Re: PgUp and PgDown on a Serial Console?

On 12/15/2013 07:43 AM, Evan Root wrote: Hi list, Does anybody know how to scroll back in a serial line console? I have a serial line connected to my box and I'm on the ftp site at the ftp client's command prompt wondering if anybody else has solved the problem of 1) not having a pager 2) trying

Re: PgUp and PgDown on a Serial Console?

On 12/15/2013 09:14 PM, Adam Jensen wrote: On 12/15/2013 07:43 AM, Evan Root wrote: Hi list, Does anybody know how to scroll back in a serial line console? I have a serial line connected to my box and I'm on the ftp site at the ftp client's command prompt wondering if anybody else has solved

Re: PgUp and PgDown on a Serial Console?

Hi Ville and Christian, Tmux is a very good idea, I hadn't thought of it before but I'm already using screen as the serial console client, I could just use it again inside openbsd. Or as you suggest tmux, which I've heard good things about. Evan Root, CCNA On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 6:19 AM

Re: IPMI SOL serial console wedges

On 2013-11-24, Paul B. Henson hen...@acm.org wrote: Back on topic to my actual problem, it looks like the IPMI SOL com2 is actually using IRQ 10 rather than 5, which both linux and freebsd detect: [2.324044] 00:0e: ttyS2 at I/O 0x3e8 (irq = 10) is a 16550A uart2: 16550 or compatible port

Re: IPMI SOL serial console wedges

On 2013-11-24, Paul B. Henson hen...@acm.org wrote: erase ^?, werase 1234567890123456 16 chars, because of the 16 byte buffer in the uart. com2 at isa0 port 0x3e8/8 irq 5: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo ^^ when enough chars have been sent to fill the

Re: IPMI SOL serial console wedges

On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:09:33PM +, Stuart Henderson wrote: How come freebsd dynamically detects the correct irq, but openbsd has it hardcoded? linux and freebsd kernels use acpi to configure isa serial ports, openbsd uses static allocations. Ah, ok; now that I know what's going

IPMI SOL serial console wedges

I've got a supermicro X9SCL-F board with ipmi support, and I'm trying to use it for the serial console. It shows up as a third com port. After booting the latest install cd, I run the usual stty com2 115200 and set tty com2, and then boot. The kernel messages show up fine, and then the output just

Re: IPMI SOL serial console wedges

board with ipmi support, and I'm trying to use it for the serial console. It shows up as a third com port. After booting the latest install cd, I run the usual stty com2 115200 and set tty com2, and then boot. The kernel messages show up fine, and then the output just stops: com2 at isa0

Re: IPMI SOL serial console wedges

IPMI is crap. Use normal serial console and add a power strip which you can manage via ethernet to poweroff/power cycle the server. jirib

Re: IPMI SOL serial console wedges

On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 04:13:27PM -0500, Jiri B wrote: Supermicro IPMI is crap. Use normal serial console and add a power strip which you can manage via ethernet to poweroff/power cycle the server. Well, I can't say it's the greatest implementation ever, but arguably it doesn't seem much

Re: IPMI SOL serial console wedges

Supermicro IPMI is crap. Use normal serial console and add a power strip which you can manage via ethernet to poweroff/power cycle the server. Well, I can't say it's the greatest implementation ever, but arguably it doesn't seem much worse than on my Sun or IBM servers. http

Re: IPMI SOL serial console wedges

it to be a serial console, and the OS boots and functions correctly and successfully. Whether or not IPMI as a platform is a good idea or a secure implementation is really orthogonal to whether or not an OS can use a serial port. Back on topic to my actual problem, it looks like the IPMI SOL com2

Re: IPMI SOL serial console wedges

On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 12:16:52AM -0800, Paul B. Henson wrote: com2 at isa0 port 0x3e8/8 irq 5: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo com2: console [...] root on rd0a swap on rd0b dump on rd0b erase ^?, werase Every time, it wedges up at this spot. The console still works for kernel messages though,

Re: IPMI SOL serial console wedges

On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 04:10:23PM -0800, Paul B. Henson wrote: I suppose the installer kernel could be fixed the same way, but at least for this initial install it's not worth it, I'll just install with the kvm head, fix the installed kernel, and then go serial from there. Actually, it

Re: Broken output from serial console

On 2013-08-23, Hugo Osvaldo Barrera h...@osvaldobarrera.com.ar wrote: Hi! I've started managing a serial server through a serial console, and have come into some unusual issues. I followed the instrucitons on faq 7.7, and also configured by BIOS accordingly. When I conect my PC

Re: Broken output from serial console

On 2013-08-23 17:43, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2013-08-23, Hugo Osvaldo Barrera h...@osvaldobarrera.com.ar wrote: Hi! I've started managing a serial server through a serial console, and have come into some unusual issues. I followed the instrucitons on faq 7.7, and also configured

Re: Broken output from serial console

On 2013-08-23, Hugo Osvaldo Barrera h...@osvaldobarrera.com.ar wrote: On 2013-08-23 17:43, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2013-08-23, Hugo Osvaldo Barrera h...@osvaldobarrera.com.ar wrote: When I conect my PC to the server, I see BIOS and POST output properly, I then see the OpenBSD bootloader

Broken output from serial console

Hi! I've started managing a serial server through a serial console, and have come into some unusual issues. I followed the instrucitons on faq 7.7, and also configured by BIOS accordingly. When I conect my PC to the server, I see BIOS and POST output properly, I then see the OpenBSD bootloader

Re: Automatically direct to serial console BEFORE passphrase prompt on FDE (i386)

to have a i386 machine configured with FDE to automatically direct to serial console BEFORE the passphrase prompt? The steps below require the machine to have an attached keyboard and monitor initially. If I hit Enter at the passphrase prompt, the boot prompt

Re: Automatically direct to serial console BEFORE passphrase prompt on FDE (i386)

On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 07:49:21AM -0400, Jiri B wrote: What about installboot to have an option telling it to switch to serial by default (still keeping possibility to override funcionality with /etc/boot.conf)? This would save us from kung-fu with tiny 'a' partition holding /etc/boot.conf...

Re: Automatically direct to serial console BEFORE passphrase prompt on FDE (i386)

direct to serial console BEFORE the passphrase prompt? The steps below require the machine to have an attached keyboard and monitor initially. If I hit Enter at the passphrase prompt, the boot prompt will appear and let me switch to serial console: set tty com0 From

Re: Automatically direct to serial console BEFORE passphrase prompt on FDE (i386)

On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 09:36:25PM +1000, Joel Sing wrote: Otherwise you could use a modified boot(8), which defaulted to serial - see constab in sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/conf.c for example. What about installboot to have an option telling it to switch to serial by default (still keeping

Re: Automatically direct to serial console BEFORE passphrase prompt on FDE (i386)

On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 07:49:21AM -0400, Jiri B wrote: On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 09:36:25PM +1000, Joel Sing wrote: Otherwise you could use a modified boot(8), which defaulted to serial - see constab in sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/conf.c for example. What about installboot to have an option

Automatically direct to serial console BEFORE passphrase prompt on FDE (i386)

Maybe a stupid question, but is it possible to have a i386 machine configured with FDE to automatically direct to serial console BEFORE the passphrase prompt? The steps below require the machine to have an attached keyboard and monitor initially. If I hit Enter at the passphrase prompt, the boot

Re: Automatically direct to serial console BEFORE passphrase prompt on FDE (i386)

On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 06:15:49PM +0200, Erling Westenvik wrote: Maybe a stupid question, but is it possible to have a i386 machine configured with FDE to automatically direct to serial console BEFORE the passphrase prompt? The steps below require the machine to have an attached keyboard

Re: Automatically direct to serial console BEFORE passphrase prompt on FDE (i386)

On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 01:16:44PM -0400, Kenneth R Westerback wrote: On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 06:15:49PM +0200, Erling Westenvik wrote: Maybe a stupid question, but is it possible to have a i386 machine configured with FDE to automatically direct to serial console BEFORE the passphrase

Re: how can I get a dmesg (without a floppy or serial console port)?

On 5/28/13, Josh Grosse j...@jggimi.homeip.net wrote: On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:06:10AM +, Heptas Torres wrote: On 5/27/13, Shane Lazarus shane.laza...@pobox.com wrote: Heya Any network connectivity at all? nope - that would be easy through ssh. Otherwise, mount a USB stick and

how can I get a dmesg (without a floppy or serial console port)?

Is there any way (physical settings / cables) to get a dmesg from a laptop that has neither a floppy nor a serial console port (no ssh either)? 10x -h

Re: how can I get a dmesg (without a floppy or serial console port)?

Heya Any network connectivity at all? Otherwise, mount a USB stick and dmesg file... On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Heptas Torres hepta...@gmail.com wrote: Is there any way (physical settings / cables) to get a dmesg from a laptop that has neither a floppy nor a serial console port

Re: how can I get a dmesg (without a floppy or serial console port)?

neither a floppy nor a serial console port (no ssh either)? 10x -h

Re: how can I get a dmesg (without a floppy or serial console port)?

On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:06:10AM +, Heptas Torres wrote: On 5/27/13, Shane Lazarus shane.laza...@pobox.com wrote: Heya Any network connectivity at all? nope - that would be easy through ssh. Otherwise, mount a USB stick and dmesg file... well if the system crashes there is

Re: how can I get a dmesg (without a floppy or serial console port)?

On 05/27/13 19:52, Heptas Torres wrote: Is there any way (physical settings / cables) to get a dmesg from a laptop that has neither a floppy nor a serial console port (no ssh either)? 10x -h You have two options: 1) video tape it and transcribe it, or 2) take the disk out of the machine

serial console with boot floppy

Hi, since some Releases I use for a i386 machine without monitor a floppy with serial console support. I made it from floppyXX.fs and added on the floppy the etc-directory and a boot.conf file in this directory with this content: set tty com0 But: This doesn't work with the newest Snapshot. I

Re: serial console with boot floppy

On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 12:12:24PM +0200, Rene Maroufi wrote: non-secure fd0a:/etc/boot.conf; will not proceed Sorry, my error! boot.conf wasn't owned by root. Fixed this, and it works. Cheers Rene -- Reni Maroufi i...@maroufi.net

Re: how to configure minicom with my serial console (RS232) on USB.

Sorry ? I don't understand . 2009/4/21 Theo de Raadt dera...@cvs.openbsd.org What is the cu ? Could you tell me the full name of the package or ports. It's right near the ls package.

Re: how to configure minicom with my serial console (RS232) on USB.

feifeidai wrote: Sorry ? I don't understand . People have suggested that you use cu(1) instead, it is part of the default installation.. it it not a port or a package. As I said in my previous email, this device is not being probably detected by OpenBSD 4.2.. so regardless of the application

how to configure minicom with my serial console (RS232) on USB.

Hi, guys, I have a console line, which is serial console (RS232) on USB. It works well with minicom in my ubuntu 8.04 when I connect it to my netscreen-5xt. But, it can't work with my OpenBSD 4.2. Due to my command line usbdevs -dv output, I configure it as these below Serial Device : /dev/usb1

Re: how to configure minicom with my serial console (RS232) on USB.

On Monday 20 April 2009 18.19.13 you wrote: Hi, guys, I have a console line, which is serial console (RS232) on USB. It works well with minicom in my ubuntu 8.04 when I connect it to my netscreen-5xt. But, it can't work with my OpenBSD 4.2. Due to my command line usbdevs -dv output, I

Re: how to configure minicom with my serial console (RS232) on USB.

and cu instead of minicom. On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 06:36:03PM +0200, LEVAI Daniel wrote: On Monday 20 April 2009 18.19.13 you wrote: Hi, guys, I have a console line, which is serial console (RS232) on USB. It works well with minicom in my ubuntu 8.04 when I connect it to my netscreen

Re: how to configure minicom with my serial console (RS232) on USB.

Hi, As you can see from the dmesg output.. this device is not being detected as a USB communications device.. ugen(4) is the USB generic device, a catch-all driver as you will. Please update to a supported release of OpenBSD, that will be 4.4 and 4.5 come May 1st.. currently it's 4.3 and 4.4.

Re: how to configure minicom with my serial console (RS232) on USB.

What is the cu ? Could you tell me the full name of the package or ports. It's right near the ls package.

Re: how to configure minicom with my serial console (RS232) on USB.

2009/4/20 Theo de Raadt dera...@cvs.openbsd.org What is the cu ? Could you tell me the full name of the package or ports. It's right near the ls package. ;) this make my day! :)

Re: Serial console only works if set tty com0 is specified in boot.conf

I have exactly the same problem. When i redirect default console to com0 (set tty com0 in /etc/boot.conf) serial console on tty00 then is working. But when i don't want to have default console there, then serial access is not working, but /usr/lib/getty std.9600 tty00 is running Only if i edit

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