Markus Hennecke wrote:
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
From the ALIX documentation, the terminal emulator must be set to 38400 8N1
I tried you suggestion and here's the output:
boot> set tty com0
switching console to com0
and nothing else happens. (also have tried lowering the speed to 9k6)
Then I tried the following:
>> OpenBSD/i386 BOOT 3.01
boot> stty com0 38400
com0: 38400 baud
boot> set tty com0
switching console to com0
and the same result, the terminal emulator is stuck.
Any other suggestion ?
Thanks!
JC
