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From: "Julian Calaby" <julian.calaby@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Boresch <stefan@mdy.univie.ac.at>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com>,
	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: aic79xx problems
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:16:52 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <646765f40709201816v7d60cfbem8d348238db5e6b11@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070920145336.GH1606@loop.mdy.univie.ac.at>

On 9/21/07, Stefan Boresch <stefan@mdy.univie.ac.at> wrote:
>
> I will try, but a very dumb question first. If I have a kernel that
> crashes because of a disk problem ..., how do I get to save the output?
> (Never worked with a serial console, but there might be a first time
> for everything ...) But maybe there is an obvious solution that I overlook?
>
> Or should I just try to watch and look for certain messages (ordering of
> messages), which given the huge amount of output seems a bit daunting ...

Ok, in response to your dumb question, an answer from another dumb user: (me)

Firstly, serial consoles aren't that difficult to set up - all you
need is a null modem cable and suitable software on the other end.
Then ensure that it's built in and pass "console=ttyS0" (or
"console=ttyS1" if you're using serial port #2) when you boot.

There is a network console - but I'm not sure whether that is useful
for boot messages.

Hope that helps =)

--

Julian Calaby

Email: julian.calaby@gmail.com

  reply	other threads:[~2007-09-21  1:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-09-20 13:04 aic79xx problems Stefan Boresch
2007-09-20 14:01 ` James Bottomley
2007-09-20 14:15 ` James Bottomley
2007-09-20 14:34   ` Stefan Boresch
2007-09-20 14:41     ` James Bottomley
2007-09-20 14:53       ` Stefan Boresch
2007-09-21  1:16         ` Julian Calaby [this message]
2007-09-21 23:01       ` James Bottomley

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