Stuart, Thanks. The only cables that connected to such engineering board is VGA and mouse/keyboard. Once those cables are removed it then boots fine - pingable.
I shall check with BIOS and cables setting with Axiomtek, they produce low cost yet good quality boards. Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Stuart Henderson > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 8:40 AM > To: Kevin Cheng > Cc: misc@openbsd.org > Subject: Re: Single-user mode stopped > > On 2007/07/18 05:35, Kevin Cheng wrote: > > Anyone sees boot sequence stopped on Single-User Mode and I > need to hit > > Return key to finish all boot sequence? it boots fine eventually. > > > http://www.axiomtek.com.tw/Download/Spec/na-806b.pdf > > I don't know the Axiomtek but looks like serial-redirect - look for > BIOS options, you normally want to disable redirect after BIOS hands > off to the boot loader, and 'set tty com0', 'stty com0 9600' in > /etc/boot.conf (as set in the installer if you tell it you have > a serial console). > > If this doesn't help, check your serial cable has the right wires > connected up, the boot loader can be fussy about this. IME on some > boards if you connect only RXD/TXD/GND you can expect to need to > use 'boot' in boot.conf (and lose the ability to change kernel > without mounting the boot device on another system). > > (I usually leave a DE9-RJ45 adapter plugged-in with 1-4-6-8 joined > on the DE9 side).
