Subject: Re: install/34280: cannot boot install media via serial
To: None <install-manager@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 08/30/2006 07:50:03
The following reply was made to PR install/34280; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
To: Pavel Cahyna <pavel@netbsd.org>
Cc: George Georgalis <george@metrumrg.com>, gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org,
David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>,
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>, install-manager@netbsd.org,
gnats-admin@netbsd.org, netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: install/34280: cannot boot install media via serial
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:46:05 +0200
On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 01:08:49AM +0200, Pavel Cahyna wrote:
> I would also consistently use speed of
> 9600.
I would do this too, as a quick check that everything works. If it does,
you could, as Manuel suggested, write bootblock params with installboot to
set the real speed you want - and then turn console redirection in the BIOS
back to the same value.
Martin