From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: djb@redhat.com Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 21:28:56 +0000 Subject: Re: Serial console? Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ultralinux@vger.kernel.org > > 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 -- Donnie Barnes http://www.redhat.com/~djb djb@redhat.com "Bah." Challenge Diversity. Ignore People. Live Life. Use Linux. 879. My Dad used to say I have deceptive quickness. I'm slower than I look.