On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:52:49 +0200, Jonathan McKeown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> cdboot runs long after the prompt for BIOS setup. I don't think we >> can modify cdboot to add serial console support to systems whose BIOS >> setup doesn't support it. > > Sorry, of course you're right: I'm talking nonsense. > > It's the stage immediately after that that isn't available. I wish I > could remember why I thought that had caused me a problem once. > > Certainly there's a big chunk of the boot process that is accessible > through a serial console on a disk-based boot that's not available on > a serial-console boot.
I'm still not sure what sort of `serial console boot' we are talking about here. What's the difference between a `serial console on a disk-based boot' and a `serial console boot'? _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"