Subject: Re: How to change serial baud rate on already installed bootblocks (netbsd-3-0-RELEASE)
To: Job Hanssen <job.hanssen@xs4all.nl>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/02/2007 15:44:54
On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 01:21:02PM +0200, Job Hanssen wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> During the installation of netbsd-3-0-RELEASE on one of my machines (an 
> older system), I choose to set the baud rate on the serial bootblocks to 
> 38400. I would now like to change this to a more speedy setting of 115200.
> 
> Can anyone tell me how to proceed on this? Do I need to install a new 
> bootblock, or can I update the existing one?

You need to reinstall them but it's easy:

installboot -o console=com0,speed=115200 /dev/rwd0a /usr/mdec/bootxx_ffsv1

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