Subject: Ramdisk on a terminal program instead of monitor?
To: 'port-arm32@netbsd.org' <port-arm32@netbsd.org>
From: Bruce Martin <BruceM@cat.co.za>
List: port-arm32
Date: 03/29/1999 15:10:48
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I am running NetBSD on an EBSA board, which does not give
output to a monitor, but rather a terminal program attached
to the serial port, and 38400 bps. When I make a ramdisk,
the boot process happens as normal, displaying bootup info
on the terminal prog.
However, when I select ramdisk as the boot device, the
system obviously uses a different baud rate, as I get
garbled ascii chars. I suspect this is because somehow I
have to tell the system my consol is not Pc but std.38400. I
tried including a correct ttys file, but I suspect that the
ramdisk starts in single user mode, and thus this did not
solve the problem.
How do I make sure my ramdisk knows to output at 38400 at
startup?
Thanks
Bruce
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I am running NetBSD on an EBSA board, which does not =
give output to a monitor, but rather a terminal program attached to the =
serial port, and 38400 bps. When I make a ramdisk, the boot process =
happens as normal, displaying bootup info on the terminal prog. =
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>However, when I select ramdisk as the boot device, =
the system obviously uses a different baud rate, as I get garbled ascii =
chars. I suspect this is because somehow I have to tell the system my =
consol is not Pc but std.38400. I tried including a correct ttys file, =
but I suspect that the ramdisk starts in single user mode, and thus =
this did not solve the problem.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>How do I make sure my ramdisk knows to output at =
38400 at startup?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Thanks</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2> Bruce </FONT>
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