console and network booting weirdness?

From: Paul Reece (paul_at_fastlane.net.au)
Date: 04/29/04

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To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org

    Hi All,

    I've recently set up remote booting both via PXE and also Etherboot &
    Grub so I can boot my workstation remotely into FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT and
    FreeBSD 4.9.

    PXE - works great, however, I'd like to get a boot menu system going,
    which is why I'm toying with Grub.

    The most notable problem is with FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT - If I boot into
    FreeBSD using Etherboot or Grub (and as such, bypass the loader), the
    console output disappears.

    Once the system has booted, a login prompt pops up as per usual - just
    nothing beforehand after Grub or Etherboot loads the kernel.

    Is there a setting somewhere in the kernel config (at compile time) or is
    the kernel defaulting to a serial console because some environment variables
    or similar arent being passed to it by the loader as per usual?

    Or is this a bug rather than a feature?.. in 4.X kernels, the console
    continues to function after Grub or Etherboot loads the kernel.

    Cheers,
    Paul.
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