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> On 9 April 2014, at 13:40, Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> wrote:
>
>> Make sure there is a /dev directory on the disk for the kernel to populate. Without it,
>> the kernel will hang.
>
>
> The disk does have a /dev directory. The system boots fine after you enter a return. It
> hangs waiting for a return on the keyboard.
>
> This last time I used in /boot/loader.conf:
>
> zool# more loader.conf
> verbose_loading="YES"
> boot_verbose="YES"
> loader_color="NO"
> loader_logo="beastiebw"
> autoboot_delay="10"
>
>
> System behaved the same on boot other than the menu was complete. However, I did see
> something flash on the left bottom of the screen where the Autoboot message normally is. It
> was cleared immediately after it was written so there was no way to read it. Note, this is
> on the serial console. I have not seen that before, but it might have been there. It was
> just a flash. I am wondering if something is doing the equivalent of pressing the space bar
> after the autoboot message is displayed.
>
> I checked and the /boot/defaults/loader.conf file is identical between the system that works
> and those that do not.
> I am going to see if the terminal emulator can disable the screen
> control functions so I can see what the message that flashes by is.
dmesg(8) is your friend (/var/run/dmesg.boot). See also /var/log/messages
--Chris
P.S. You only need loader_logo="beastiebw" to get a B/W console.
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