Re: How can I get to display the boot menu in serial console?

[Jason Mitchell <jmitchel%bigjar.com@localhost>]

> On Jan 20, 2020, at 5:03 PM, Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012%yahoo.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm booting a NetBSD 9.0_RC1 VM in qemu (Linux host).
> 
> For various reasons (one being that qemu VGA rendering of text mode is
> crap), I need to boot the image over an emulated serial console:
> 
> ...
> I can see the boot menu if I boot in VGA mode, but not over serial console.
> 
> The system boots fine; I just can't select any other option.
> 
> Is there anything I can do or is it a limitation of how NetBSD sees
> serial consoles?
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> -- 
> Ottavio Caruso

The boot blocks determine where the boot menu is displayed. The installboot command lets you write new boot blocks which will send the messages to the serial port. There should be examples either on this list or on the port-amd64 lists ( I’m assuming you are using amd64, otherwise it’s port-i386).

If you have trouble then reply — I’m not in front of a NetBSD box right now but I will be later.

Jason M.