Re: FreeBSD OS installation stuck after selecting Boot installer

From: Klaus_Küchemann <maciphone2_at_googlemail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 14:35:32 UTC

> Am 28.06.2024 um 12:09 schrieb Andrew Turner <andrew@fubar.geek.nz>:

> …..What device type is the installer on? e.g. NVMe, USB. I see what look like two NVMe devices on the pci bus, however the nvme driver only attaches to one….
> 
> 

 what did I typically do at first in the past when hanging on <mountroot>-things  debugging on arm64…..
The following seems to give a very nice option as it seems to indicate that the NIC-driver is working:

> ………...
>> net devices:
>>    net0:
>>    net1:
>>    net2:
>>    net3:
>> 

You can compile fbsd-current into a folder at e.g. on net0 ,
 setup an PXE-environment(nice description in the handbook) and then :

OK set currdev=net0

OK load boot/kernel/kernel

OK boot
—

If the uart problem is based on baudrate(not driver/attachment), there are tools like picocom 
where you can change the baudrate on the fly ,
That sometimes enlightens the situation..

Regards

K.