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Klaus-Peter Junghanns kpj at junghanns.netThanks... I just bouth a usb serial adapter from Conrad ("USB Modem
Adapter", Nr. 982417) and now i can see the boot messages.
I already had tried it with a second machine (Tyan mainboard) which
also did not work. But now it's fine. :)
Am Mittwoch, den 04.03.2009, 14:06 +0100 schrieb Michael Gernoth:
> On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 02:15:29PM +0100, Klaus-Peter Junghanns wrote:
> > I followed the steps in the wiki, e.g. run "bs11_config -p /dev/ttyS0"
> > and then turn on the BS-11. The green power LED on the BS-11 is solid
> > green. But i do not get any output from the bs11_config (e.g. no
> > booting messages, etc). :-(
>
> You should start bs11_config after turning on the BS-11, as it tries to
> login to the BS-11 as the first step. I usually start the BS-11, wait 2
> minutes and then start bs11_config.
>
> > Sometimes bs11_config segfaults when i switch on the power to the BS-11:
>
> Because it receives the initial spikes on the serial line as "garbage"
> and tries to interpret them. Just don't do it in this order.
>
> > The serial cable is connected to the serial port (1 of 4) which is
> > closest to the antenna connectors (like i have seen it on the photo).
>
> That is the right connector.
>
> If the communication does not work when you start bs11_config after the
> BS-11, try a serial to usb adapter. I had no success with the normal
> serial ports on two different machines, but a (FTDI) serial converter
> worked at once. See also:
>
> http://bs11-abis.gnumonks.org/trac/wiki/BS11_Troubleshooting
>
> Regards,
> Michael
>