Subject: Re: install/27165: Installing NetBSD 2.0 RC1 with serial bootblocks fails to boot on restart.
To: None <netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org>
From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/07/2004 22:51:44
On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 03:57:25PM +0000, doug@sporadic.net wrote:
> >Synopsis: Installing NetBSD 2.0 RC1 with serial bootblocks
fails to boot on restart.
>
> I have tried using the bootselector or the bootcode in the MBR
> and either way the machine fails to find an OS to boot on restart.
Does the serial bootblock work if you set it using installboot
once the system has been installed?
Note that you cannot use the bootselect code with a serial console.
(It always uses the bios console, and uses the bios keycodes.)
David
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