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 (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id AAA20096; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 00:08:12 -0700 Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id AAA15795 for linux-list; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 00:07:03 -0700 Received: from sgiger.munich.sgi.com (sgiger.munich.sgi.com [144.253.192.2]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id AAA15772 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 00:06:57 -0700 Received: from knobi.munich.sgi.com by sgiger.munich.sgi.com via ESMTP (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1502/940406.SGI) id JAA03892; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 09:06:33 +0200 Received: from knobi (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by knobi.munich.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/951220.SGI.AUTOCF.knobi) via SMTP id JAA19306; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 09:06:30 +0200 Message-ID: <334B3FF5.41C6@munich.sgi.com> Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 09:06:29 +0200 From: Martin Knoblauch Organization: Silicon Graphics GmbH, Am-Hochacker 3, D-85630 Grasbrunn X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01SGoldC-SGI (X11; I; IRIX 6.3 IP22) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alistair Lambie CC: Mike Shaver , linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: init=/bin/sh and serial devices References: <199704090209.WAA06281@neon.ingenia.ca> <9704091424.ZM9048@windy.wellington.sgi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Alistair Lambie wrote: > > On Apr 9, 2:12pm, Mike Shaver wrote: > > Subject: init=/bin/sh and serial devices > > Wierd stuff here. > > We've got it mountinng the NFS partition and running /bin/sh, but we > > can't type anything to it at that point. > > It's kinda weird, because we see the `#' prompt, but stuff I type to > > it isn't registering. > > > > stdin in /dev/cua1, FWIW. > > > > Does your Indy not have a 'head' on it....why are you using > the serial ports.. > this brings up the question: do we already have drivers for the textport? Not to speak of an X-Server? How are we (SGI) going to handle this? As far as I know we never published the hardware dependent parts on the X11 distribution, did we? Martin -- +---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ |Martin Knoblauch | Silicon Graphics GmbH | |Manager Technical Marketing | Am Hochacker 3 - Technopark | |Silicon Graphics Computer Systems| D-85630 Grasbrunn-Neukeferloh, FRG| |---------------------------------| Phone: (+int) 89 46108-179 or -0 | |http://reality.sgi.com/knobi | Fax: (+int) 89 46107-179 | +---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ |e-mail: | VM: 6-333-8197 | M/S: IDE-3150 | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+