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From: charlie <charlie@genesis.galaxynet.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Serial Console
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 13:57:56 -0700
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Hello all,
I have a problem setting up my FBSD box to start up from a dumb
terminal.Perhaps someone can point out what I have done wrong.
I read the README.serial and followed all the steps but still can't get
it to work.
Below are the steps of what i did :
1) Uncommented the FORCE_COMCONSOLE in the Makefile under
/usr/src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot.
Compiled and installed the boot files. ( make && make install from
sys/boot dir)
2) Added the option COMCONSOLE, recompiled and installed
the new kernel.( make && make install ).
3) Installed the new boot block by using:
disklabel -b -B /usr/mdec/boot1 -s /usr/mdec/boot2 sd0
4) Modified the /etc/ttys file and turned on the ttyd0.
5) Shut down the system
6) Hooked up the dumb terminal
7) Unplugged the keyboard
8) Restarted the system
9) Set the keyboard absent in the CMOS.
10) Boot the system
The system hung after display the number of cache memory and processor
speed.
I plugged the keyboard in and the system start up with the normal boot
prompt on
the VGA console, then it started the rest of the boot process display
the first few
lines of message on the VGA console and the rest went to the dumb
terminal. I got a
login prompt and login no problem.
Basically, what do I need to do the make it boot without a keyboard ? I
tried the
same thing from a DOS floppy and the machine boot to DOS without a
problem so I
must have missed some important steps.
BTW, my kernel is 2.2.2-RELEASE
Best regards.