[Soekris] PXE Installation of OpenBSD 4.2 on Soekris 4801

[Preston Kutzner]

On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:49:39 +0200
Lars Noodén <lars at umich.edu> wrote:

> I'm working with a new Soekris 4801 w/256MB RAM and wonder about getting
> OpenBSD installed so that the system boots.  Once I can get to SSH, I'm
> home free.
> 
> Netboot using PXE and tfptd goes well: I've gotten things set up so I
> can do the net boot + install and that whole installation procedure
> appears to run flawlessly.
> 
> However, when I get to booting the installed system, things just appear
> to hang.  Here is the output from the serial connection just before that
> happens:
> 
> 	http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lars/net4801.txt
> 
> Where can I find info about how OpenBSD needs to be configured
> differently from your average tower/rack mounted system so as to boot
> from CF with no HD?

Doesn't look like you chose to set the default console to your serial
port.  You'll need to re-install and make sure to choose that option
during setup.

> 
> Regards
> -Lars
> 
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