[ECOS] Re: Problems with RedBoot on x86 generic pc...

[Mats Nordlund <Mats dot J dot Nordlund at telia dot se>]

Hi,

I also have the same problem; the PC boots from floppy and
displays the startup screen on the serial interface. But I get no
response when trying to send keyboard strokes over the serial line.
Tried to switch serial ports. Tried to boot on 3-4 different machines
with the same result. Also tried two different machines as terminal (in
addition, with different terminal applications).

I also rebuilt i386-pc RedBoot using ct2 and the latest CVS without any
improvements (the same result as using the pre-built redboot.bin).

Seems like RedBoot doesn't read my serial line. It could be useful to
see which serial input RedBoot chooses.

Any suggestions?

br

/ Mats


> 
> Anyway, my current problem is with RedBoot. I built the x86 version and
> booted with the diskette. It seems to come up, and I see a RedBoot
> prompt on my screen. I'm assuming that even though I can see it on the
> local console, the local console isn't active, right? So, I have to use
> a serial port or network, right?