Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 00:43:59 -0400 From: "Paul Haddad" <paul@pth.com> To: "Edward W. Akeyson" <eakeyson@earthlink.net>, "Ford Prefect" <fordp@guide.chi.il.us> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 3.4-STABLE on IOPENER, no console output Message-ID: <016e01bfb3f1$09b1a2f0$0bac2ac0@pth.com> References: <3.0.3.32.20000501203019.0072e144@pop.interaccess.com>
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I had the same experience a few weeks ago, as you state hitting tab during boot caused things to work. I recently compiled a linux kernel and had the same problem. The jailbait (http://jailbait.sourceforge.net) distribution has a kernel that doesn't have this problem. They have a .config file on the ftp site that should build a kernel without the problem, should be a relatively simple matter to track down what causes the problem by comparing a virgin .config to theirs. I'm pretty sure its something to do with the graphics mode, I'll probably check it out myself over the next weekend. I'd actually would prefer to run freebsd on the box except for 2 problems, no USB audio support and no support for compatible's/cisco intraport vpn software. :^( --- Paul Haddad (paul@pth.com) AIM:(ETS Paul) "It's men like him that give the Y chromosome a bad name." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ford Prefect" <fordp@guide.chi.il.us> To: "Edward W. Akeyson" <eakeyson@earthlink.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 9:30 PM Subject: Re: 3.4-STABLE on IOPENER, no console output > Actually 4.0 does the same thing... you get the: > > Booting [kernel]... > | > > and there it sits, no spin, no OS boot.... > I haven't had time to really look into the situation yet, but I have > figured out that if you hit TAB, to kill the pretty I-Opener logo in bios > it boots fine. > > My thought it there is a probelm with it trying to boot in a graphics mode, > which should be faily easy to avoid, there is a dos based util called > cbrom.exe that can add/remove/change the bios logo, I figure if we remove > it it will boot fine. > > I haven't investigated this yet. > > So perhaps someone else already has a known-working solution. > > -Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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