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

[Jasper Wallace <jasper%pointless.net@localhost>]

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

From: Jasper Wallace <jasper%pointless.net@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: install-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, 
netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: install/43933: NetBSD-5.1_RC4 i386 isn't very helpful when it
 comes to pxe installs
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 21:01:45 +0100 (BST)

 On Mon, 4 Oct 2010, David Laight wrote:
 
 > 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.)
 
 That works, tho the command is "consdev".
 
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