From: Mike Shaver <shaver@netscape.com>
To: Richard Hartensveld <richard@infopact.nl>
Cc: "linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com" <linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com>
Subject: Re: console on serial
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 17:24:56 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <367984B8.62A40F40@netscape.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3678F801.C399874F@infopact.nl
Richard Hartensveld wrote:
> I'm trying to get linux installed on a challenge S, which has no video
> board, all goes pretty
> well until i get into userland and the kernel wants to open
> /dev/console, which i would
> like to be a terminal on the serial port, is this possible?
Yeah, that's how I boot my Indy when I need to capture early-on kernel
dumps.
Make sure that /dev/console is a symlink to /dev/ttyS0.
I assume the prom is set correctly, because you're getting this far.
Mike
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-12-17 22:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-12-17 12:24 console on serial Richard Hartensveld
1998-12-17 22:24 ` Mike Shaver [this message]
1998-12-18 12:40 ` Richard Hartensveld
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