Re: amd64 6-release cd install, no serial console joy

From: John Baldwin <jhb_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 10:26:24 -0500
On Tuesday 08 November 2005 01:10 am, Michael VInce wrote:
> I am having similar problems on a Dell 2850  using 6.0R AMD64, but I
> believe its not something to do with my hardware although I don't have
> any other AMD64/EMT64 server to test on.
>
> I don't think I have actually done a ISO install via serial console on
> 6.0-Release but I think I did on beta versions and it did work.
> I have been trying to do a PXE install and watching it all via serial
> console and it works fine as long as I dont use 6.0-Release files. Using
> a 6.0beta with PXE is working it fully boots the kernel and brings up
> sysinstall my only problem now is that when it tries to do a FTP install
> it goes for a 6.0beta5 directory which doesn't exist. When I  try to use
> a 6.0-Release I can get it to boot loader and then get it to load the
> kernel but after that it disappears don't get any boot messages at all.
>
> Mike

Have you checked to see if there are any device hints at the loader prompt?  
It may be that /boot/device.hints is missing on the CD for some reason, and 
the serial console requires at least one hint to set the flags on sio0 to 
work properly.

> Jan Isley wrote:
> >Trying to install amd64 6.0 release on some Dells, PE850 and PE2850.
> >BIOS all setup same as what works just fine with 5.4 (both i386 and
> >amd64 cds).  boot -h appears to work until it gets to the loader and
> >the console output goes to video.  No keyboards or monitors plugged
> >in, just a serial console server.  Have tried variations on serial
> >redirect in the BIOS but nothing seems to work.
> >
> >Anyone else have success or no with serial console redirect on amd64 6.0
> > cd?
> >
> >regards,
> >-Jan
>
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