On Sat, 12 Jan 2008, Limaunion wrote:

Hi there, I just got an ALIX2C2 and installed a 1GB CF with an already
working OpenBSD 4.2 system. For some reason I get this after powering up
the unit:

PC Engines ALIX.2 v0.98

640 KB Base Memory

261120 KB Extended Memory


01F0 Master 044A CF CARD 1GB
Phys C/H/S 1966/16/63 Log C/H/S 983/32/63
Using drive 0, partition 3;
Loading;...
probing: pc0 com0 pci mem[640K 255M a20=on]
disk: hd0
OpenBSD/i386 BOOT 3.01
boot>
booting hd0a:/bsd: 5665588+872060 [52+291168+272312]=0x6c5c70
entry point at 0x200120

I've been searching for this 'entry point' message and it seems to be
related to the system not using the serial console, is this right?. I
tried entering 'set tty com0' at the boot prompt but inmediately after
that the session got stuck. I'm using a self-made null modem cable (pins
2,3,5) and minicom.

If I remember correctly the alix bios use a baudrate different from 9600 baud. Are you by chance connecting to the board with another baud rate? If this is the case just restart the session with 9600 baud and you should be able to boot the system.

If you would like to use 19200 baud something like

set tty com0
stty com0 19200

in the file /etc/boot.conf will help you so that the baudrate is set automatically by the bootloader.

Best regards,
  Markus

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