On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 23:04, John Merriam wrote: > Hello. I am trying to create a 'headless' setup using a softraid crypto > root with serial console on OpenBSD 5.6-release amd64. > > I have everything installed and working just fine, except I'm having a > problem getting the 'headless' part going. > > I followed the instructions in section 7.6 of the FAQ at > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq7.html#SerCon I edited /etc/ttys to > enable the getty for tty00. I added 'set tty com0' to /etc/boot.conf > > It doesn't seem to work though. The Passphrase: prompt is still output > to pc0, not com0. > > If I enter a bogus password at the Passphrase: prompt on pc0 to get to a > boot> prompt, I can enter 'set tty com0' after which I get a Passphrase: > prompt on com0 and everything works fine. > > It seems like for some reason /etc/boot.conf is not being seen/used? I > would guess it might have something to do with the softraid crypto root > setup but I don't know.
Right. boot.conf is encrypted, so of course it can't be read until after the passphrase has been read. > Is there a bit that needs flipping somewhere to get the serial console > to work with crypto root? Any info or pointers on this would be greatly > appreciated. Thanks. If you look in sys/arch/amd64/stand/libsa/bioscons.c you'll see two functions, pc_probe and com_probe, which set cn->cn_pri. You'll need to swap MIDPRI and LOWPRI and rebuild, then rerun installboot. That either makes sense or is a bunch of gibberish. I haven't actually worked this out, so I can't give you a precise recipe.
