Nope, "show console" definitely shows "serial". However, when I typed "init"
the board just hung, or at least, it stopped printing out any more output. I
just did a power-cycle after that, and now I'm in the current state.

-Edwin 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Huang
To: Edwin Foo
Cc: 'port-alpha@netbsd.org'
Sent: 6/15/99 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: serial console problem

On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Edwin Foo wrote:
> I've been trying to get my alpha to boot using a serial console
without much
> success lately. The SRM console talks to the serial port fine, but as
soon
> as I issue the "boot dka0" command the kernel goes off and stops
emitting
> output (presumably expecting a VGA card). The box pings fine
afterwards, but

Have you tried "set console serial" then "init" at the SRM prompt? I'd
guess that "show console" will say that your console is set to
"graphics".
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