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Re: Enabling serial console on an IPX



> I've gotten a base system installed now through the net boot and when
> I boot from a serial console, it gets through the bootup sequence and
> then hangs at the following:
> 
> INIT: Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes  

in the /etc/inittab left over after the install (at least for woody) 
there are lines for ttyS1; comment out the "tty1" lines and uncomment 
the "ttyS1", and do so for inittab.real (IIRC) too, and you should be 
set.

ciao,

cm.

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