Re: Installing 1.2 on a headless machine
Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote:
>
> 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
After this init reads /etc/inittab runs and starts processes depending
on the run level.
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