When I set my 4801 up years and years ago, I did it by using an IDE>CF adapter on an old Athlon system I had hanging around rather than messing around with virtual images, PXE booting, or the like. The Geode processor is roughly equivalent to a Pentium II, so use i386 images. Past that, from my notes I have the console being set for 9600bps and vt220, and \etc\boot.conf set tty com0
On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 2:08 PM Alberto Mijares <amijar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm new on this list. Greetings everyone. > > Here is my case: > > I installed OpenBSD on a 4GB Flash Card by attaching the card to a > Bhyve VM as a "ahci-hd" custom drive. Then, booted the VM and disabled > a few of services. Also disabled kernel and libs randomization, since > it's not needed and the Soekris couldn't handle it. At the end, only > sshd, syslogd and ntpd are starting and and 73MB or RAM remain free. > Finally, I created a /etc/hostname.sis1 file with proper network > configuration, since the device name in the VM is not the same of the > interface of the Soekris. > > Now I should say: the serial console is not working for me, for some > reason I cannot get it working. I see garbage in the screen with all > possible combinations of speeds and other terminal configs. > > When I plug the CF in the Soekris, it won't boot properly. I think the > kernel is loaded and hangs at some point. Can't tell where, as > explained before. I know the boot is not finishing because I created a > /etc/rc.local in it doesn't do anything. > > I tried to edit /etc/fstab and change sd disk interface for wd. Not > working either. > > I also tried the bsd.rd but I'm not sure if I get a prompt or it also > hangs. > > Ideally, I would boot the Soekris and wait for network initialization > for connecting via SSH. Any suggestion? > > The only thing I haven't tried is the bsd.mp kernel, now that I think. > I'll give it a try and will be waiting for your feedback in the > meantime. > > Thanks in advance. > > > Alberto Mijares > >
