Dell PE3250 + FreeBSD 5.2.1

[Arun Sharma]

On 5/3/2004 8:00 AM, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 04:34:50PM +0530, Muthu_T at Dell.com wrote:
> 
>>BTW, what needs to be done to use the standard console screen instead of
>>serialconsole
>>For FreeBSD-IA64? 
> 
> 
> Our console code is old and contains assumptions that only hold on PCs
> or when the chipset has compatibility for it. Since a lot of machines
> are based on the HP zx1 chipset, enabling the console by default is
> not a good idea.
> 

The PE3250 is based on the Intel E8770 chipset. I have the console working on this chipset after enabling the USB keyboard post-install using the lines I posted earlier. However, the installation had to be done using a serial console.

	-Arun