Hey Guys,

forget about the whole Bootup messages thread!
I found a way:

- Use biosboot_com0.sym
- adjust the Makefile in biosboot according to the wish of your console =
speed
- Install the new biosboot_com0.sym
- edit the Kernelconfigfile
  - options         =
"CONSDEVNAME=3D\"com\"",CONADDR=3D0x3f8,CONSPEED=3D9600
    options         CONS_OVERRIDE  =20
    The lines above force the Kernel to ignore the settings of the =
bootloader
    and (in this case) take 9600baud "CONSPEED"
- make the Kernel
- reboot and Tada: no more anoying kernelmessages during startup!

Using another speed was just for testing, I think, you can also redirect
these messages to another console?!?!? And the best about this solution,
if you want to see the messages, just adjust your Terminal-programm to =
9600baud
and you see the hole crap.

Greetz Nic

-----Original Message-----
From: Nicolas Saurbier=20
Sent: Dienstag, 6. August 2002 19:00
To: bsd-help (E-mail) (E-mail)
Subject: Bootup Messages


and once again: Bootup messages

Now let me explain my problem exactly:

I want to build a blackbox; no monitor, no keyboard, just
a serial console. If I use biosboot_com0, I see all the
messages... But if I use biosboot, the first thing I see=20
is the login.=20

What I want:
I want to see the startupscreen, like >> NetBSD ......
						  >> (root@gateway......)
						  >> Memory: .........
and want to have the possibility to enter the bootmenu.
After that, the next thing, I want to see is the login.
Nothing inbetween.
Is that possible??=20
It=B4s like having installed biosboot_com0.sym and then using
consdev com1 in the bootmenu. =3D> I see the startupscreen, then nothing
and then, I get my login due to /etc/ttys.
Isn=B4t there a kernel option, which forces the kernel to output to
another com-port or to a file???

Nic