[reply on list this time] This will cover the serial console issues, including where to put the "-h": http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html
-Jed On Wed Feb 24 22:39 , Jed Clear <[email protected]> sent: >On Wed Feb 24 16:47 , Henrik /KaarPoSoft [email protected]> sent: >>Henrik /KaarPoSoft wrote: >>> Scott Newell wrote: >>>> At 03:24 PM 2/24/2010 , Henrik /KaarPoSoft wrote: >>>>> Dear all, >>>>> >>>>> I have just purchased a Soekris net5501 and tried to install FreeBSD >>>>> 8.0 on it. >>>>> However, I cannot get it to work, and I am hoping for your kind >>>>> suggestions. >>>> >>>> Try booting with ACPI disabled? It was one of the many things that >>>> gave me >>>> fits when I tried to get 8.0 running on a '4521. >>>> >>> I am not quite sure how to do that. >>> >>> Yes, in a normal FreeBSD boot I get the option, >>> but here I just get a garbled terminal screen... > >OK, the garbled output sounds like one or several issues. > >As a previous poster said, the path of least resistance is to change the >Soekris >default BIOS 19200 console speed to 9600 (and your terminal emulator) as >FreeBSD >uses that speed in at least two different stages of the boot. > >Second is that you need to have a "-h" in some boot options file to use a >serial >console. I forget the exact file, but google should turn it up for you. >Something in /boot/. > >Another issue is that a normal FreeBSD boot puts up a semi-graphic menu during >the boot to choose among various options. I believe when you build the NanoBSD >variant that the "no beastie" customization eliminates this. > >Lastly, you could have a problem with /etc/fstab. The device names in there >probably reflect the device naming on your SERVER and must be changed to >reflect >the device naming on the Soekris box or your boot will fail when it attempts to >mount the filesystems. This could result in no changes to any files on the >disk >as you're seeing. > >Have you considered using a CF card instead of a disk? The NanoBSD build of >FreeBSD works rather well and you can add as much of the full FreeBSD >functionality as you want and will fit on you CF card. If you don't have a lot >of dynamic data, this is a better way to go. This is how I use my 5501. No >moving parts and less heat. Or you could use NanoBSD and the CF card for the >OS >and Apps, and the HDD for just your dynamic data. > >HTH, > >-Jed > _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
