On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 09:26:02PM +0100, Dimitry Andric wrote: > Ed Maste wrote: > > So I suspect that the following happens when you boot: > > > > - your BIOS sets the serial port to 9600 > > Yes. > > > - boot0 does nothing with the serial pot > > I'm using 'dangerously dedicated' disks, so it's only boot[12] that is used. > > > - boot1/2 reads the -P in /boot.config and detects no keyboard, and > > then sets the serial port to 9600 and the console to comconsole > > Indeed, I never got the "/boot.config: -P" message on the serial console > before. Now I get it, using updated boot blocks. > > > - the loader detects that the serial port is enabled and is already > > set to 9600 > > > Thus, I'm not surprised that you get a 9600 baud console without > > an rc.conf setting. The thing that concerns me is your report that > > the console does not run at 115200 even if /boot/loader.conf > > contains comconsole_speed="115200". > > This turns out to be an error on my part, sorry to have you worried. :) > I'd accidentally put "console_speed=115200" in loader.conf. With > "comconsole_speed=115200" and 9600 baud boot blocks, it works okay, > although you don't see any of the boot[12] messages, of course. > > That's why installing 115200 baud boot blocks is still the better > solution for me; my BIOS doesn't have any possibility to set the COM > port speeds... > The best for you would be to add -S115200 in /boot.config, after reinstalling new boot blocks (bsdlabel -B), and throw everything else that's related from make.conf and loader.conf.
Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov [EMAIL PROTECTED] FreeBSD committer
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