Re: install/43933: NetBSD-5.1_RC4 i386 isn't very helpful when it comes to pxe installs

[David Laight <david%l8s.co.uk@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR install/43933; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Laight <david%l8s.co.uk@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/43933: NetBSD-5.1_RC4 i386 isn't very helpful when it 
comes to pxe installs
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 20:35:39 +0100

 On Sun, Oct 03, 2010 at 02:20:00AM +0000, jasper%pointless.net@localhost wrote:
 > >Synopsis:       NetBSD-5.1_RC4 i386 isn't very helpful when it comes to pxe 
 > >installs
 ...
 > (On a Soekris NET4521 the non-com0 pxeboot displays messages fine,
 > but when the kernel boots no console messages are displayed,
 > so something is missing in the way that the kernel figures out
 > what to use as the console).
 
 The non-com0 pxeboot is using the bios console output calls - which
 end up on the serial port.
 You should be able to use the command 'console com0' to pxeboot
 to get the pxe code to use the serial port - and then pass the
 value into the kernel.
 
 (I think that is enough for the kernel to use the baud rate that
 is already in use as well.)
 
        David
 
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