Install using Serial Console

[Adam Steen]

Hi Hrant

I am afraid that didn't work!

I wonder if there is anything else at play! I have been able to boot,
Alpine and Ubuntu Linux and OpenBSD. I just not have access to another
machine.

this is what i got!

 +------------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...           |   --                      -.
 |                                         |    `:`                  `:`
 |                                         |      .--             `--.
 |                                         |         .---.....----.
 +-----------------------------------------+



To get back to the menu, type `menu' and press ENTER 0000 ip=9336  f=0242
or type `boot' and press ENTER to start FreeBSD.
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
Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
OK set console="comconsole"
OK set comconsole_speed="115200"
OK boot
/boot/kernel/kernel text=0x14ed860 data=0x132538+0x4baa68
syms=[0x8+0x159ee8+0x8+0x172d9c]
Booting...
|


On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Hrant Dadivanyan <hrant at dadivanyan.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Adam,
>
> Escape to loader prompt, then issue:
> set console="comconsole"
> set comconsole_speed="115200"
> boot
>
> Thank you,
> Hrant
>
>> 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..
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> Hrant Dadivanyan (aka Ran d'Adi)                hrant(at)dadivanyan.net
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