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 TAA10962; Tue, 8 Apr 1997 19:30:24 -0700 Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id TAA09607 for linux-list; Tue, 8 Apr 1997 19:29:54 -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 TAA09588 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 1997 19:29:50 -0700 Received: from windy.wellington.sgi.com by soyuz.wellington.sgi.com via ESMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/940406.SGI) id OAA29073; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 14:29:41 +1200 Received: (alambie@localhost) by windy.wellington.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/8.6.9) id OAA09858; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 14:29:40 +1200 From: "Alistair Lambie" Message-Id: <9704091429.ZM9870@windy.wellington.sgi.com> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 14:29:40 +0000 In-Reply-To: "Alistair Lambie" "Re: init=/bin/sh and serial devices" (Apr 9, 2:23pm) References: <199704090209.WAA06281@neon.ingenia.ca> <9704091422.ZM9856@windy.wellington.sgi.com> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.3 08feb96 MediaMail) To: Mike Shaver Subject: Re: init=/bin/sh and serial devices Cc: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk BTW, if you use the init package it will take care of all this stuff...you should be able to just lay it over the top of the root package on your nfs disk. Cheers, Alistair On Apr 9, 2:23pm, Alistair Lambie wrote: > Subject: Re: init=/bin/sh and serial devices > 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. > > > > Try 'init=/bin/sh /dev/cua1'. I seem to remember you need that. > Sorry all this seems to be coming piece meal, but it's been a long time since I > have run it up, and you kind of forget some of the details till you are > reminded! > > 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 >-- End of excerpt from Alistair Lambie -- 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