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 21:10:17
On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 03:39:56PM +0100, David Laight wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 03:44:54PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > 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
> 
> Actually this should work:
> 
> installboot -e -o speed=115200 /dev/rwd0a

netbsd-3 doens't have -e, AFAIK.

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