How do I boot 6.0-BETA2 iso with rs232 console?

Marc Olzheim marcolz at stack.nl
Tue Aug 30 11:45:55 GMT 2005


On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 06:15:21PM +0100, Dieter wrote:
> > AMD64 machine, booting
> > -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  50087936 Aug 22 17:57 6.0-BETA2-amd64-bootonly.iso
> > from a dvd.
> > 
> > Console is rs-232, 19200 baud.
> 
> I finally figured out to type "boot -h" at the okay prompt,
> and then it starts printing the usual info about devices found,
> at the wrong baud rate.
> 
> How do I set the baud rate?

Compile time alas...

Add BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED=19200 to /etc/make.conf

Default is 9600.

Zlo
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