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From: Paul Warren <pdw@ex-parrot.com>
To: codemachine@dslextreme.com
Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [uml-devel] problem booting uml without xterms
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 15:43:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050620154329.F19306@sphinx.mythic-beasts.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7920a17820a19800a14b80a.20050620073424.pbqrznpuvar@www.dslextreme.com>; from codemachine@dslextreme.com on Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 07:34:24AM -0700

On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 07:34:24AM -0700, codemachine@dslextreme.com wrote:
> I'm trying to  boot uml on a server, and I don't want to have to have X
> installed to do it, so I want to boot without the xterm consoles.
> 
> For the life if me I can't figure out the right con=* command line params
> and/or get them to work per:

We use:

con=null con0=fd:0,fd:1

but you'll need to tweak your root image so that:

1. inittab brings up a getty on tty0
2. tty0 is listed in /etc/securetty.

This is probably one for the user list, BTW.

Paul


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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-06-20 14:34 [uml-devel] problem booting uml without xterms codemachine
2005-06-20 14:43 ` Paul Warren [this message]
2005-06-23 11:34   ` codemachine

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