Re: O2 post-install boot: Requires serial console, is already on one

["Stephen M. Rumble" <stephen.rumble%utoronto.ca@localhost>]

Quoting Jos Purvis <jos%melete.org@localhost>:

> [Resending due to accidental HTML formatting]
>
> Hi, gang,
>
> Dusting off an O2/5000 here, and having some trouble trying to get
> NetBSD running on it. The installation process goes like clockwork:
> perfect CDROM boot, disk partitioned, packages installed happily. When
> the system boots, though, I get this:
> ++++++++
> NetBSD/sgimips 4.0.0_PATCH Bootstrap, Revision 1.2
> (builds@wb24, Tue May  6 03:51:34 PDT 2008)
>
> devopen: pci(0)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(0) type scsi file netbsd
> 3314352+192508 [187408+179270]=0x3b1ed0
> [ Kernel symbol table missing! ]
> panic: ip32 supports serial console only.  sorry.

You're more than likely booting the GENERIC_IP2x kernel, rather than  
_IP3x. This is due to a bug in sysinst that was fixed post-4.0.

You can either try -current, or when installing 4.0 be sure to  
manually select the GENERIC_IP3x kernel (sysinst will have chosen the  
wrong one). You may need to do a custom install to get the appropriate  
dialog.

Steve