From: djb@redhat.com
To: ultralinux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Serial console?
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 21:28:56 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-ultrasparc-90222357631029@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-ultrasparc-90222357631028@msgid-missing>
>
> I went to install Ultrapenguin 1.0.9 on one of our spare Ultra Enterprise
> 450s. I hooked up a serial terminal, did a network boot, and the kernel came
> up but everything stopped after "VFS: Mounted root filesystem (ext2)". On a
> hunch, I installed a spare Creator 3D in the box, and it worked fine.
>
> It appears that Ultrapenguin's boot kernel built without serial console
> support. Is it possible to add that to the distributed kernel, and is that
> useful for installing (can the install be made to work over such a terminal,
> or is it a lost cause)? If not, can this be added to the documentation as a
> caveat?
Did you do 'boot net serial'? You have to *tell* it you're on a serial
console and it should work fine...
--Donnie
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-06-25 21:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-06-25 16:55 Serial console? Craig Metz
1998-06-25 21:28 ` djb [this message]
1998-06-26 6:49 ` David S. Miller
1998-06-26 6:50 ` Jakub Jelinek
1998-06-26 10:41 ` Marc Duponcheel
1998-06-26 22:26 ` Jakub Jelinek
1998-06-27 6:40 ` Ward Deng
[not found] <001201c0bb3f$4dd65600$4c0c5c8c@trd.iii.org.tw>
2001-04-03 2:57 ` Serial Console!! Jim Dennis
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2005-11-18 1:31 Serial console?? Nicholas Lee
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