alex avriette <avriettea@speakeasy.net> writes: > so i first thought that maybe i had neglected to tell linux i wanted > a serial console. but the box is not responding to pings at all, and > just doesnt seem to be up. i'm not seeing any traffic from it on the > network. Well, as long as you don't activate the network from the installer, it won't react to pings, so that's normal. Try passing console=ttyS0 or ttyS1. -- Falk