Can I have a copy of your boot loader? Here's what I've got:
OpenBSD 3.7 pxeboot and bsd.rd on an RLX blade at boot bios and pxeboot shows up on the serial console and rlxconsole app 1. if "boot tftp:bsd.rd" it stops at entry point 2. if "boot tftp:bsd.rd and /etc/boot.conf stty com0 38400,set tty com0" it boots from serial console but not rlxconsole app 3. after the system is installed, booting with conf.conf the same as above doesn't work anymore. no output anywhere. 4. same as above but without the boot.conf, still doesn't work anywhere. Questions I have are a) why does bsd.rd behave differently than bsd b) why doesn't bsd.rd write to both the serial console AND the rlxconsole app c) why doesn't bsd write anywhere I'll buy beer if someone can get all the input and output from /bsd working from the rlxconsole app like pxeboot does. On 6/10/05, Diana Eichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jun 2005, Rob Foster wrote: > > > found this about some tyan motherboard, which is not what we have in > > the blade but.. > > > > > One of my mail to the support: > > > But I try three things: > > > 1) redirect BIOS to serial port: OK > > > 2) redirect kernel to serial port: OK > > > 3) redirect both BIOS and kernel to serial port: problem. > > > > > > In the case 3) I get all the message from the BIOS, I can manage it, > > > but when the kernel boots, the kernel sends nothing to the serial port > > > if the serial port was already used by the BIOS. > > > So I suppose that the BIOS does not release the serial port, before > > > the kernel boots. > > > The answer from TYAN: > > > I used Red Hat 9 and was able to redirect both the BIOS and RH 9 at > > > the same > > > time. > > > > > > is this true? how can I work around this? > > Just for you I rebooted one of my OpenBSD RLX blades, hit F2 at the RAM > test. Here is the screenshot of my serial console: > > +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Console Redirection | Item Specific Help > | > |----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------| > | | > | > | Local Console: [On] | Turn ON local console > | > | Baud Rate [9600] | redirection for video > | > | Console Type [VT100] | output to local serial > | > | Flow Control [None] | port. > | > | Continue C.R. after POST: [On] | Turn OFF to disable > | > | | this feature. > | > | Remote Console Role: [Client] | > | > | Remote Console: [On] | WARNING: Turn OFF > | > | | console redirection > | > | | prevents you from > | > | | viewing video output > | > | | for navigation during > | > | | boot process or BIOS > | > | | setup. > | > | | > | > | | > | > +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > F1 Help ^v Select Item -/+ Change Values F9 Setup Defaults > Esc Exit < Select Menu Enter Select > Sub-Menu F10 Save and Exit > > > And I verified that I'm runnint a non-standard boot loader, notice the > "set ktty" variable. However since you've set ever thing in boot.conf > it should work. > > Using drive 0, partition 3. > Loading... > probing: pc0 com0 apm mem[618K 1022M a20=on] > disk: hd0+ hd1+* > >> OpenBSD/i386 BOOT 2.06 > Sat Jun 11 22:57:55 2005 > > com0: 9600 baud > kernel console will be com0 > boot> set > >> OpenBSD/i386 BOOT 2.06 > addr 0x0 > howto > device hd0a > tty pc0 > ktty com0 > image /obsd > timeout 6 > boot> mmmmm
