RE: Serial Console
> From: Tim Sailer [mailto:sailer@sailer.rhic.bnl.gov]
> Sent: Friday, September 11, 1998 9:18 AM
> Subject: Serial Console
>
>
> Has anyone actually gotten the serial console stuff to work with the
> newer kernels? It works to a point, with lilo allowing input from
> the serial port, and the initial kernel messages going to the port,
> but right after it initializes the swap, all I/O stops at the serial
> port. When the system is rebooted, the shutdown messages go to the
> port. I'm clueless at this point...
>
Tim,
It's been a while since I did this (and on the pre-2.0 kernel) but one
thing you did not mention...
IF ;-) I remember correctly, Linux has some devices specifically set for
console and perhaps system tty (like /dev/console /dev/syscon
/dev/systty
from my Solaris UNIX system). When I tried the serial console setup, I
renamed these files (so I could recover if needed) and then set up links
with the original names to the serial device being used as the console.
IHTH and Good Luck,
---
Bob McGowan
i'm: bob dot mcgowan at artecon dot com
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