On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Peter Schulze wrote:

>Hi,
>
>The HDD is new/still empty. The problem:
>
>booting netbsd-INSTALL32_IP2x.ecoff
>
>...
>boot device: sd0
>root on md0a dumps on md0b
>root file system type: ffs
>Terminal type? [vt100]
>
>At this time I can not type in the console, the console is blocked.


You need to use a serial console, as the gfx console is not supported.


>
>Can anybody help me?


Get yourself a MAC modem cable, extend with a NULL-modem cable, and plug
into a PC to use as a terminal. You'll probably need to turn off hardware
flow control.


>
>Thank Peter
>

Christian

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