Ian Dowse wrote: > The problem may be that your boot blocks were compiled with > BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED set to 9600. Try reinstalling them with e.g. > `disklabel -B ad0s1' (make sure you get the right device name - > it should be the slice that you boot from).
Argh, shouldn't have done this without thinking on a dangerously dedicated disk. :) But after recovering the partition table with fdisk, the new boot blocks work as expected, thanks. > Previously both /boot/loader and the boot blocks would override the > serial port speed according to BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED, but I believe > that since the recent change, loader will assume that if the boot > blocks requested a serial console, then they will have already set > up the correct speed. Yes, so people should be urged to upgrade their boot blocks, in case of a non-binary upgrade. (I assume that a binary upgrade WILL install fresh boot blocks?)
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