Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 12:20:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Dan <dan@expresscopy.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No Login: on serial console Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904121220000.3957-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904121212020.23375-100000@admin.expresscopy.com>
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On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Dan wrote: > >The -P forces a keyboard probe; if no keyboard is attached then it faults > >over to the serial console. > > > >Is this what you're trying to accomplish? > > > >Doug White > >Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org > > > > Exactly. Since there is no keyboard attached to the machine, I would > like the machine to be forced to use the serial port as a console. > > Currently, when the machine boots and I'm on the serial console, I can see > everything up to the point when the bootstrap loader begins to load > the kernel. From that point on, connecting to the console via a serial > connection will show nothing, and will not allow me to log in. Maybe the BIOS is faking the keyboard? Try it but do '-h' instead; this forces the serial console. Your terminal is plugged into COM1 and is set for 9600 baud? Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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