Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 22:55:23 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: John Howie <JHowie@msn.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem installing on AlphaStation 400 4/233 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906292254490.80685-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <005101bec246$64888380$fe01a8c0@pacbell.net>
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On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, John Howie wrote: > Folks, > > I have a AlphaStation 400 4/233. I upgraded the SRM to v7 (from DEC's > Web-site) and tried to install FreeBSD 3.2 Stable using kern.flp and > mfsroot.flp from the FTP site. Everything seems to load fine but I > cannot select my console type (I am given four options). It appears > (if I read the kernel startup configuration information correctly) > that the kernel is trying to use a serial console for the keyboard. I > did (once) receive an error about my PCXAL keyboard and scan code > (0x83, I believe) shortly after the menu was presented to me. The > keyboard works fine in the system boot menus, the boot process (I can > interrupt the autoboot and query the console value, which is set to > prom) and when running Windows NT. > > Trying to be smart, I hooked up a laptop running term emulation to the > serial port and while I was able to start the boot process from that, > once FreeBSD started it required me to use the console keyboard > instead (all output is sent to the console screen as well, and not to > the serial port). When I get back to the menu with the four console > options the keyboard is unresponsive and the term emulator does not > appear to work. > > Help! To set the default console to serial, type >>>set console serial at the SRM prompt. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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