Install using Serial Console

[Adam Steen]

Hi

I am trying to install FreeBSD via a Serial Console(i am using the
FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-amd64-mini-memstick.img, but i am unable to get
it to work. I only see "Booting.." then it appears the system hangs,
it doesn't request an ip from my dhcp server either.

I found the instructions at
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html,
but i don't have a way to mount a freebsd ufs img

is there a way to enable the Serial Console at the Boot Prompt?

Cheers Adam

ps this is what i see
  ______               ____   _____ _____
 |  ____|             |  _ \ / ____|  __ \
 | |___ _ __ ___  ___ | |_) | (___ | |  | |
 |  ___| '__/ _ \/ _ \|  _ < \___ \| |  | |
 | |   | | |  __/  __/| |_) |____) | |__| |
 | |   | | |    |    ||     |      |      |
 |_|   |_|  \___|\___||____/|_____/|_____/    ```                        `
                                             s` `.....---.......--.```   -/
 +------------Welcome to FreeBSD-----------+ +o   .--`         /y:`      +.
 |                                         |  yo`:.            :o      `+-
 |  1. Boot Multi User [Enter]             |   y/               -/`   -o/
 |  2. Boot Single User                    |  .-                  ::/sy+:.
 |  3. Escape to loader prompt             |  /                     `--  /
 |  4. Reboot                              | `:                          :`
 |                                         | `:                          :`
 |  Options:                               |  /                          /
 |  5. Kernel: default/kernel (1 of 2)     |  .-                        -.
 |  6. Configure Boot Options...           |   --                      -.
 |                                         |    `:`                  `:`
 |                                         |      .--             `--.
 |                                         |         .---.....----.
 +-----------------------------------------+



  si=00000008 di=00000000 bp=00000000 sp=00005df6 cs=0000 ip=9336  f=0242
  NULL
FreeBSD/x86 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 ......
(root at releng2.nyi.freebsd.org, Thu Sep 29 01:38:45 UTC 2016)
Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
|
FreeBSD/x86 boot
Default: 0:ad(0p3)/boot/loader
boot: \

Booting..