I also tried downloading the 1.33c BIOS update (which kept trying to boot to FreeBSD -- which is interesting, because I don't have FreeBSD around at all, much less on the CF card in the system). Even at 19200 I had to transfer it several times before it worked and was error free.
I noticed what you're talking about. When you're doing an install, very little of the time, overall, is waiting for text on the screen and the console speed is not going to effect the other issues. But there's also human nature and there are people who will always want it to run at the fastest speed possible. Hal On Feb 16, 2011, at 6:03 PM, Rod Whitworth wrote: > On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:39:24 -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: > >> Not yet. I'm still experimenting, since I could only get it to work on >> 19200 baud for the entire process (I was hoping to make it work at 115200 >> for everything) and I'm still writing and editing the info. I felt that on >> one page I needed to add a comment that changing the speed to 115200 can >> create other problems. I'm also writing up a page, with links to other >> pages that helped me, specifically for installing Debian Squeeze on a 5501. > > Actually higher speeds on console ports are a giant wank. The default > on a 5501 is 19200 but I set all of the boxes I install to 9600. > > Why? Well that is the default for most professional gear. So my netbook > that goes on-site with me automatically uses 9600 and never has to > change. > It never runs into problems with missed chars using a 3-wire connection > and WTH good is a higher speed on a console anyway? Are you going to > run a copy of Wordstar on it and do gross find and replace runs across > a giant file? I don't think so. > > Surely you are not using a curses install screen? Plain text will beat > it any day. > > Anyway I hope you get it up to 115200 and then measure how long an > install takes and repeat it at 9600. Let us know just how big the > poofteenth of a second you gain really is. > > > *** NOTE *** Please DO NOT CC me. I <am> subscribed to the list. > Mail to the sender address that does not originate at the list server is > tarpitted. The reply-to: address is provided for those who feel compelled to > reply off list. Thankyou. > > Rod/ > --- > This life is not the real thing. > It is not even in Beta. > If it was, then OpenBSD would already have a man page for it. > > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
