Re: Booting a NetBSD installer from pxelinux

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 08:47:21AM +0100, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> > I've not tried 'consdev comx', but installboot -e does work for me.
> > I've found that on some systems the BIOS doesn't properly export com
> > parameters, and installboot also needs the I/O port and speed ...
> 
> My main problem is that I would like to realize the install from the
> serial port, but since "consdev comx" doesn't seem to work I don't
> know what other options I have.

You can installboot -e (on a NetBSD box, e.g:
installboot -e -o console=com0,speed=9600,ioaddr=0x3f8 netbsdpxe.0) the
NetBSD PXE boot loader to set the console parameters.
This way it will automatically start on the serial port, you don't need
to type 'consdev comx'.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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