Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:03:33 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: Adam McDougall <mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trouble getting serial support for "Live CD" in 9 installer Message-ID: <CAGH67wSi9zq1n7hc6jN_HZ0vAxVNwhgbrLgN9MLLAE2-x7aO_w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4ECD4584.6040905@egr.msu.edu> References: <4ECD4584.6040905@egr.msu.edu>
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On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Adam McDougall <mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu> wro= te: > I often use the serial console on my servers through ILOM remote console > access to install FreeBSD because it lets me cut and paste commands into = a > live shell from install media. =A0Back with FreeBSD 8.x and previous, the > console worked as a dual console between the redirected VGA/keyboard cons= ole > and serial, all I had to do was drop to the loader prompt at the boot loa= der > menu to enter: > > set console=3Dcomconsole > set boot_serial=3Dyes > boot > > From then on, the VGA console was ignored until I rebooted. =A0But in 9.x > (currently trying 9.0-RC2 from the usb image), I have to interrupt an > earlier loader to use -h or -D to enable serial(dual) console support at > all. =A0I then enter the two variables above as I usually do, then specif= y my > terminal type (xterm), then choose "Live CD" which prints: > Updating motd: /etc/motd is not writable, update failed. > Configuring syscons: blanktime. > Starting cron. > Starting background file system checks in 60 seconds. > > Wed Nov 23 19:03:02 UTC 2011 > > but then it prints the FreeBSD banner and spawns the login: prompt on the > VGA console instead. > > Is there something else I can set during the boot process to make this wo= rk? > =A0I could try modifying the configuration on the usb image to suit my si= te > but this is more modification than I required in the past and surprisingl= y > different. =A0Please let me know if I can provide more information or hel= p in > some way. =A0Thanks. > > If I don't hear back in a few days or so, I'll make a PR. You'll need to change your device.hints and /etc/ttys. -Garrett
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