Subject: Re: Restarting after a power failure.
To: Laurent FAILLIE <l_faillie@yahoo.com>
From: Brian Hechinger <wonko@ns2.tspcfast.net>
List: port-sparc
Date: 10/15/2002 12:14:51
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 10:37:35AM +0200, Laurent FAILLIE wrote:
>  
> My only problem is I use a serial console (in fact a
> laptop under M$-windows) and the boot process is
> stoped if this console is not up and runing : I think
> it's because the console driver use hardware
> handshake.
> And for me, it's realy a NetBSD issus as the machine
> start to boot (I can hear the HD activity) : all
> firmware runs, NetBSD start to boot ... and is blocked
> after some second.
> Obviously, I can't see where it stops as I can't see
> anything ;-D
> 
> If someone have a tip ...

what is ttya-ignore-cd set to in the prom?  it should be true.  i've experienced
this behavior in the past, and it's been related to ttya-ignore-cd being set
to false.

hope that helps!!

-brian