The following reply was made to PR install/34280; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
To: George Georgalis <george@metrumrg.com>
Cc: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>,
	Pavel Cahyna <pavel@netbsd.org>, gnats-bugs@netbsd.org,
	David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>, install-manager@netbsd.org,
	gnats-admin@netbsd.org, netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: install/34280: cannot boot install media via serial
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 22:59:29 +0200

 On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 04:54:26PM -0400, George Georgalis wrote:
 > On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 10:37:14PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
 > >On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 04:25:47PM -0400, George Georgalis wrote:
 > >> I'm stuck in the water.
 > >> 
 > >> When I find time, I may try PXE install with speed to 0, but
 > >> I think I've been through all permutations with two different
 > >> boards, and serial does not seem to work on amd64.
 > >
 > >test:/tmp#uname -a
 > >NetBSD test.lip6.fr 3.1_RC1 NetBSD 3.1_RC1 (GENERIC.MP) #1: Tue Sep  5 16:18:29 CEST 2006  bouyer@blues.lip6.fr:/Volumes/data/bouyer/tmp/amd64/obj/Volumes/data/bouyer/netbsd-3/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP amd64
 > >test:/tmp#sysctl kern.consdev
 > >kern.consdev = tty00
 > >
 > >boot blocks installed with installboot -o console=com0,speed=57600
 > >this is a Dell poweredge 1850 with  a remote control access card.
 > >I'll try the install kernel 
 > 
 > I presume you ran installboot on the kernel of an existing
 > install.  Are you getting bios, checksum and dmesg info over
 > serial?
 
 Yes. In fact this box can be completely managed remotely
 
 > 
 > Also, I cannot find instructions to produce a cdrom from src, the
 > most convenient way to wedge the installboot command into install
 > media.  Is there some doc on the process? 
 > 
 > Wasn't there discussion about adding such a target to build.sh? --
 > I don't see it in there yet...
 
 There was but I'm not sure it's there yet. Maybe in 3.1_RC* ?
 
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 Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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