From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 18 05:15:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9262C16A4CE for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 05:15:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from auk1.snu.ac.kr (auk1.snu.ac.kr [147.46.100.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34B9A43D31 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 05:15:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from spamrefuse@yahoo.com) Received: from [147.46.44.181] (spamrefuse@yahoo.com) by auk1.snu.ac.kr (Terrace Internet Messaging Server) with ESMTP id 2004101814:14:21:768332.15513.3038002096 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 14:14:21 +0900 (KST) Message-ID: <41735184.5060302@yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 14:15:48 +0900 From: Rob User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20041017 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Hay , freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <417336FA.7080708@yahoo.com> <20041018041324.GA5799@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za> In-Reply-To: <20041018041324.GA5799@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-TERRACE-SPAMMARK: YES-__TRSYS_LV__3 (SR:-1.07) (SRN:SPAMROBOT) ----------------- Subject: Re: 5.3-Beta7: diskless boot up does not show boot messages on screen. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 05:15:52 -0000 John Hay wrote: >>I am now successfully booting a diskless PC with 5.3-Beta7, >>using an etherboot floppy. I can see the initial boot up >>from floppy, followed by the downloading of the kernel >>("..................done"). But after that no more messages >>on the screen anymore, until after a while the login prompt >>appears. >> >>The diskless PC does produce a legitimate /var/run/dmesg.boot. >>So I can inspect the bootup process after a successful boot. >> >>However, if there's a boot problem, I do not at all get a >>clue what's going wrong. A verbose boot up on the screen >>is then of vital importance. >> >>So why do i not get any verbose boot up of the kernel >>messages with the diskless boot? > > > Uncomment the hints line in your kernel config file or a hints line > looking at the example in the GENERIC config and rebuild your kernel. I'm not sure I get your point. Just double check for me: Currently I have in my DISKLESS kernel configuration file these lines #To statically compile in device wiring instead of /boot/device.hints #hints "GENERIC.hints" # Default places to look for devices. Are you suggesting that I have to comment out the hints line here to get the kernel messages and bootup sequence printed on my screen? Do I have to manually copy /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC.hints to /boot, or will that be done automatically? Rob.