[Soekris] net5501 FreeBSD install - console useless after loader

[Ryan Rawdon]

I am currently using 9600 for everything, including the BIOS.

The garbled output consists of a bunch of garbled-looking output that 
scrolls by on the bottom line of the console very rapidly and then stops 
with the terminal's cursor indented 5 spaces on the bottom line.

It does appear that the kernel is using the serial line, but it is not 
scrolling the buffer.  I need to find a means of recompiling the loader 
according to the "Fix the Terminal Emulation for the Serial Console" 
section at http://www.michaelbrumm.com/how-to-install-freebsd-pxe.html 
as that may be the issue.




Bernd Walter wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 01:12:20AM -0400, Ryan Rawdon wrote:
> [...]
>   
>> Building the boot loader 
>> arguments                                              
>> Relocating the loader and the 
>> BTX                                               
>> Starting the BTX 
>> loader                                                         
>>  /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x6fd45c data=0xad540+0x5a680 
>> syms=[0x4+0x701f0+0x4+]/
>>      [useless kernel output here]
>>     
>
> What do you mean by useless kernel output?
> So the kernel does use the serial?
> Then it is likely a bps rate problem.
> The kernel defaults to 9600bps, but the soekris does not.
> If you use the BIOS rate in your terminal programm then you will not
> get useable characters once the kernel switches to 9600.
> One way is to switch the BIOS to 9600 as well.
> Otherwise set FreeBSD to the BIOS rate.
>
>