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 TAA07870; Tue, 8 Apr 1997 19:24:49 -0700 Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id TAA08617 for linux-list; Tue, 8 Apr 1997 19:24:18 -0700 Received: from soyuz.wellington.sgi.com (soyuz.wellington.sgi.com [134.14.64.194]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id TAA08603 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 1997 19:24:14 -0700 Received: from windy.wellington.sgi.com by soyuz.wellington.sgi.com via ESMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/940406.SGI) id OAA28929; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 14:24:04 +1200 Received: (alambie@localhost) by windy.wellington.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/8.6.9) id OAA09859; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 14:24:03 +1200 From: "Alistair Lambie" Message-Id: <9704091424.ZM9048@windy.wellington.sgi.com> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 14:24:03 +0000 In-Reply-To: Mike Shaver "init=/bin/sh and serial devices" (Apr 9, 2:12pm) References: <199704090209.WAA06281@neon.ingenia.ca> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.3 08feb96 MediaMail) To: Mike Shaver , linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: init=/bin/sh and serial devices Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk 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.. Cheers, Alistair -- Alistair Lambie alambie@wellington.sgi.com Silicon Graphics New Zealand SGI Voicemail: 56791 Level 5, Walsh Wrightson Tower, Ph: +64-4-802 1455 94-96 Dixon St, Wellington, NZ Fax: +64-4-802 1459