Re: [m0n0wall] 1.3b3 suddenly stopped booting on net4501

From:	"David Burgess" <apt dot get at gmail dot com>
To:	"Manuel Kasper" <mk at neon1 dot net>
Cc:	"Harald Sauff" <harald dot sauff at tu dash harburg dot de>, m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
Subject:	Re: [m0n0wall] 1.3b3 suddenly stopped booting on net4501
Date:	Mon, 6 Aug 2007 11:57:34 -0600

On 8/6/07, Manuel Kasper <mk at neon1 dot net> wrote:
> On 06.08.2007, at 17:38, Harald Sauff wrote:
>
> > But: Shouldn't this then be considered a bug?
> > Explanation: The standard speed of the Soekris 4501 serial port is
> > 19200
> > bps. In 1.231 one could just connect to the serial port with 19200 bps
> > and then read the BIOS output as well as the m0n0wall boot output. Now
> > in 1.3b3 I have to choose: either listen to the BIOS with 19200
> > bps, OR
> > listen to the m0n0wall boot with 9600 bps.
>
> ...or set the ComBIOS to 9600 bps too.
>

Unfortunately the 5501 doesn't appear to have the option of changing
the ComBIOS speed. In fact I don't see any opportunity to change any
setting on the 5501 other than the boot media.

Of course I could be out to lunch. The 5501 is my first soekris so
admittedly the options may be there and I'm not seeing them.

db