> > I am now successfully booting a diskless PC with 5.3-Beta7, > using an etherboot floppy. I can see the initial boot up > from floppy, followed by the downloading of the kernel > ("..................done"). But after that no more messages > on the screen anymore, until after a while the login prompt > appears. > > The diskless PC does produce a legitimate /var/run/dmesg.boot. > So I can inspect the bootup process after a successful boot. > > However, if there's a boot problem, I do not at all get a > clue what's going wrong. A verbose boot up on the screen > is then of vital importance. > > So why do i not get any verbose boot up of the kernel > messages with the diskless boot? Uncomment the hints line in your kernel config file or a hints line looking at the example in the GENERIC config and rebuild your kernel. John -- John Hay -- John.Hay_at_icomtek.csir.co.za / jhay_at_FreeBSD.orgReceived on Mon Oct 18 2004 - 02:13:35 UTC
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