controlling installation from a serial terminal
> 1) I use the boot parameter "console=ttyS0" to direct kernel messages
> to a serial port. Unfortunately, on the i386 architecture, the kernel
> apparently does not leave that parameter in the environment of init.
> Therefore, I invented a second boot parameter "control=ttyS0" to
> communicate with init to configure the output device for user dialogs.
...
>
> I built a rescue disk without a root file system, for use with the
> "ramdisk0" method. Unfortunately, when both the above boot parameters
> are given, the kernel never reads the root filesystem disk -
> apparently it cannot get a keypress from either the console keyboard
> or the serial port.
My new boot parameter is apparently not the culprit. The rescue disk
fails if you specify "ramdisk0 console=ttyS0". Is there a workaround
for this?
- Jim Van Zandt
Reply to: