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I only have a 4501, but let me anser:

On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 01:52:15PM -0400, Miles Nordin wrote:
> >>>>> "a" =3D=3D   <abalakrishnan@cox.net> writes:
>=20
>      a> Hello, I am trying to boot a Soekris NET4801 box with
>      a> NetBSD-current. I am using PXE Boot as the boot loader. I have
>      a> attached the dump below.  Essentially nothing happens
>=20
> is the Soekris serial console?

yes.

> does the kernel know it's supposed to
> use serial console?=20

only if you tell it to.=20

> Maybe you should say 'consdev com0' at the NetBSD
> pxeboot prompt. =20

or use a NetBSD kernel hard-wired to COMCONSOLE.

> I don't know how this serial console stuff interacts with an OS when
> it's pre-kludged right into the BIOS itself.  Probably the BIOS
> pretends the serial port is like a screen. =20

Right, which is why you see pxeboot output (our bootloader calls BIOS
functions to do output) but not the kernel output.

I fell into the same trap a few days ago.=20

Regards,
	-is


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