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Re: Boot problem.



At 10:54 AM -0600 1/10/00, Stephen Waters wrote:
>i have a pb540c and it will not boot 2.3.x. i posted the error messages
>to the list, but i've yet to make time to hook it up to a serial console
>at home and get the lowdown on what's dying.
>
>btw, are there any tips on doing that? i've never had to set up a serial
>console before and i'm also wondering if having the Mac linux spit data
>out to a PC serial port may present a problem.
>
>my PC is a debian potato box if that makes a difference. standard dual
>onboard serial ports.

console=ttyS0,38400 (or some other suitable data rate) in the penguin
command line should be all you need to get started. I'd reccomend testing
the serial link before booting with the free(beer) terminal program 'zterm'.

You might also check the serial port preconfigure options in Penguin-18 to
be sure that the serial hardware isn't powered off by MacOS when linux is
booted.

Cheers - Tony :)


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Tony Mantler         Renaissance Nerd Extraordinaire         eek@escape.ca
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada                       http://www.escape.ca/~eek



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