From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (980205.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id PAA2583152 for ; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 15:18:45 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980205.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id PAA7022809 for linux-list; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 15:16:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from fir.engr.sgi.com (fir.engr.sgi.com [150.166.49.183]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980205.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id PAA6667378; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 15:16:14 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wje@localhost) by fir.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/950213.SGI.AUTOCF) id PAA01989; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 15:16:13 -0800 Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 15:16:13 -0800 Message-Id: <199804022316.PAA01989@fir.engr.sgi.com> From: "William J. Earl" To: ralf@uni-koblenz.de Cc: Dong Liu , linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: serial console In-Reply-To: <19980402233532.10932@uni-koblenz.de> References: <199804021731.TAA00404@calypso.saturn> <199804021855.NAA08562@pluto.npiww.com> <19980402204738.29605@uni-koblenz.de> <199804022006.PAA10227@pluto.npiww.com> <19980402233532.10932@uni-koblenz.de> Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk ralf@uni-koblenz.de writes: > On Thu, Apr 02, 1998 at 03:06:21PM -0500, Dong Liu wrote: > > > Ok, I got a serial cable , connect it, type "nvram console d", now I > > can boot irix from a serial terminal, but for linux, the message > > didn't come out, maybe all the serial parameters are not set right. > > Linux doesn't accept the value ``dd'' for the console variable. If you > try, Linux should complain about the setting and enter the interactive > firmware mode again. Could you try setting console to either d1 or d2 > according to the serial line you're using? For reduced user confusion, accepting "console=d" as an alias for "console=d1" might reduce user confusion.