Subject: Re: port-amd64/34259: no ps2 hardware means show stopper when usb fails
To: None <gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 08/23/2006 21:16:05
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 02:25:03AM +0000, George Georgalis wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR port-amd64/34259; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: "George Georgalis" <george@galis.org>
> To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
> Cc: 
> Subject: Re: port-amd64/34259: no ps2 hardware means show stopper when usb fails
> Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:37:14 -0400
> 
>  On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 09:40:00PM +0000, gnats-admin@netbsd.org wrote:
>  >Thank you very much for your problem report.
>  >It has the internal identification `port-amd64/34259'.
>  >The individual assigned to look at your
>  >report is: port-amd64-maintainer. 
>  >
>  >>Category:       port-amd64
>  >>Responsible:    port-amd64-maintainer
>  >>Synopsis:       usb device problem, no ps/2, so no keyboard
>  >>Arrival-Date:   Tue Aug 22 21:40:00 +0000 2006
>  
>  The host will redirect bios to com2, but after kernel checksum,
>  serial access is over.  Is it possible to put a com2 kernel on the
>  install disk?

you should be able to change this from the boot promt:
consdev com2
and then you should see the boot loader prompt on com2 (and nothing on
VGA any more).

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