> > i've followed the instructions per the handbook for setting > > up a headless box with serial console. i keep running > > into the same problem. i see the box boot (via the serial link), > > and all relevant kernel messages are displayed via the serial link; > > but i never get a login prompt. it's as if only kernel messages are being > > redirected to the serial link and i don't really have a console. > > > > i tried forcing the serial port to be console via by adding > > 0x30 to its flags in the kernel config and still the same results. > > > > i've also played with all imagineable combinations of -P -D and -h > > in /boot.config > > Do you have getty running on either ttyd0 or cuaa0? that was it... thanks! all's well now. -- ------------------------------------ Robin P. Blanchard IT Program Specialist Georgia Center for Continuing Ed. fon: 706.542.2404 fax: 706.542.6546 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
