Tell it to use a serial console and not a VGA console
David Lowe [d.l...@openmailbox.org] wrote:
> Hello,
> a few weeks ago, I read something about vmm hosting FreeBSD. I tried the
> image
> found at
> https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/VM-IMAGES/11.0-RELEASE/amd64/Latest/
> but the boot process just restarts after this situation:
>
>
>
> +------------Welcome to FreeBSD-----------+ +o .--` /y:` +.
> | | yo`:. :o `+-
> | 1. Boot Multi User [Enter] | y/ -/` -o/
> | 2. Boot Single User | .- ::/sy+:.
> | 3. Escape to loader prompt | / `-- /
> | 4. Reboot | `: :`
> | | `: :`
> | Options: | / /
> | 5. Kernel: default/kernel (1 of 2) | .- -.
> | 6. Configure Boot Options... | -- -.
> | | `:` `:`
> | | .-- `--.
> | | .---.....----.
> +-----------------------------------------+
>
>
> /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x14ed860 data=0x132538+0x4baa68
> syms=[0x8+0x159ee8+0x8
> +0x172d9c] 08 di=00000000 bp=00000000 sp=00005df6 cs=0000 ip=9336 f=0242
> Booting...
> |reeBSD/x86 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1
> (r...@releng2.nyi.freebsd.org, Thu Sep 29 01:38:45 UTC 2016)
> Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
> /
>
>
> Does anyone know a workaround (or some hint how to convince FreeBSD to
> boot)?
> I also tried NetBSD but without luck.
>
> Thanks!
