On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 03:20:40PM -0400, George Georgalis wrote:
> On prior attempts I configured bios console on COM2 with a speed
> of 115200, noting that a minicom speed mismatch yields zero serial
> data, here's a table of prior attempts:
> 
> bios redirection to COM1(0x3f8), zero bios serial
> bios redirection to COM2(0x2f8), consdev com0, zero serial
> bios redirection to COM2(0x2f8), consdev com1, zero serial
> bios redirection to COM2(0x2f8), consdev com2, serial till checksum
> 
> the partial success with "consdev com2" indicates bios serial
> port numbering at the boot prompt.

The serial port numbering at the boot prompt is like in the kernel:
starting with 0. Isn't there an option in the BIOS to stop redirection
when it starts the boot loader? I would also consistently use speed of
9600.