Installing 1.2 on a headless machine
I am trying to install Debian 1.2 on a computer without a display.
This machine has successfully been running Linux for some time, using
Miguel van Smoorenburg's excellent serial console patch.
I compiled a 2.0.27 kernel as specified in "readme.txt" on the
December 8, 1996 Rescue disk. I also compiled in the serial drivers and
serial console driver. I added the appropriate "command-line parameter"
to syslinux.cfg on the Rescue disk, and changed /dev/console in the
root.bin ramdisk to point to /dev/ttyS0 (where i have a serial terminal
attached).
This new Rescue disk boots and mounts the initial ramdisk, and the
/etc/rc script runs, but i get no output after that. I am assuming that
something runs after /etc/rc, and doesnt use /dev/console for it's user
I/O.
I'm confused as to the start-up sequence of the Rescue disk...
ldlinux loads "root.bin" and "linux", then passes execution to "linux",
with the specified boot-time parameters. The kernel uncompresses itself
and initializes the drivers etc. It then uncompresses "root.bin" and
mounts it as root, and executes "/linuxrc". This scripts execs
"/sbin/init". What happens after this?
TIA
Sebastian Kuzminsky
kuzminsk@cs.colorado.edu
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