Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 09:23:11 -0500 From: "J.D. Bronson" <jbronson@wixb.com> To: Skylar Thompson <skylar@cs.earlham.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: slow serial console 5.2.1 Message-ID: <6.1.2.0.2.20040704092215.00bd1288@absolut.wixb.com> In-Reply-To: <20040704142024.GA54204@quark.cs.earlham.edu> References: <6.1.2.0.2.20040704085709.00be5d58@absolut.wixb.com> <20040704142024.GA54204@quark.cs.earlham.edu>
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At 09:20 AM 7/4/2004, Skylar Thompson wrote: >On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 08:59:57AM -0500, J.D. Bronson wrote: > > This is really odd. I setup a 5.2.1 machine and used the serial port for > > console. I see it booting up just fine until it gets to the part where it > > checks the hard drive for fragmentation....then it SLOWS to a crawl.... > > > > it get's past the hard drive and then each part of the boot is word by > word > > as if someone is typing it.... > > > > Once the machine is up, the network side of it FLIES and all is well...but > > the serial console cannot be used at all...nothing happens. Like it's > > jammed or stuck for example. > > > > This is on a compaq deskpro EN SFF with dual COM ports and I built a > kernel > > that detects as much as I can on this machine. > > > > I have other FreeBSD machines that do not exhibit this and was > wondering if > > anyone else came across this before and what they did? > >Do the serial settings change at all on the port? > >-- Not that I am aware of...9600N81 ...thats all I ever use. Its something specific to this machine, as if I take the hard drive and toss it into an IBM machine (just for a test) it boots right up. -- J.D. Bronson Aurora Health Care // Information Services // Milwaukee, WI USA Office: 414.978.8282 // Email: jd@aurora.org // Pager: 414.314.8282
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