nevermind, i'm retarded.  I was overlooking the option to enable the
tty console for the serial device.. it was in the off state.


On Nov 18, 2007 3:26 PM, Lyle Scott III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> also, to elaborate on earlier.. .here is the boot process:
> system post (i can see great)
> scrolling cursor with no text for a few seconds
> normal  tinybsd init (i can see great)
>    date... then nothing after that.  I can't type or anything.. it
> seems unresponsive.
>   (video of the whole startup:  http://www.epoxysbox.org/100_0020.mov)
>
> hm, i have BIOS to 9600 and put comconsole_speed="9600"  &
> console="comconsole" in /boot/loader.conf on the tinybsd filesystem.
>
> do i need to do anything to /etc/ttys?  I copied over the /etc/ttys
> from my regular fbsd 6.2 base system to the tinybsd /etc file system
> because there was nothing there.
>
>  it still freezes after the date... with no change really.  I am
> assuming everything would be at 9600, or no?
>
> On Nov 18, 2007 8:16 AM, Bob Camp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > The point it stops at is roughly the end of the boot process. More or
> > less the choices on the list are:
> >
> > 1) It locked up running a local init script
> > 2) You switched baud rates between the boot process and login process
> > 3) A local script sent a string or flipped a pin that has your
> > terminal locked up
> >
> > In cases 2 and 3 the Soekris will only feed you more data if you give
> > it a proper carriage return.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
> >
> > On Nov 18, 2007, at 4:27 AM, Lyle Scott III wrote:
> >
> > > Hey, i am using a net4511 board with a 32MB compact flash card.  I
> > > followed the instructions on the TinyBSD web sites for installation.
> > > Everything seems to work find during the boot process but right near
> > > the end it freezes.
> > >
> > > screenshot:  http://www.epoxysbox.org/netprob.gif
> > >
> > > It shows the date, then about 6 random characters immediately after
> > > then quits responding completely.  I have tried multiple kernels *full
> > > kernel, chopped kernel* and don't know where else to turn.
> > >
> > > I'm pretty new at embedded anything and am an avid user of fbsd, but
> > > this is really awesome and am looking forward to learning MUCH more!
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Lyle Scott, III
> > > http://www.portcitycs.com
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> Lyle Scott, III
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