Re: headless debian
Cool. I'll let you know how it works out. Thanks for the reassurance.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Moss" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
To: "Michael Mueller" <bhu5nji@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: headless debian
> Michael Mueller wrote:
>
> > Yeah, good question. For now, just headless operation as a backup to
SSH
> > access. In the future (6 months), I'll probably want headless install
just
> > for peace-of-mind.
> >
>
>
> I think the installer supports serial install by default with these
> settings- 9600n8. I may be thinking of another distro though because
> it's been a will since I tried it. Anyway, for serial console operation,
> add these lines to /etc/lilo.conf (and rerun lilo of course. This
> assumes you're want it on your first serial port. Change the tty
> accordingly)
>
> serial=0,9600n8
> append="console=ttyS0,9600n8 console=tty0"
>
> and have init start a getty on ttyS0 by adding this to /etc/inittab
>
> T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 linux
>
> You can raise the 9600 if you want but I thing the "serial=" can only go
> up to 19200. I use 9600 because it's supported by pretty much all
> hardware and it's fast enough for the very rare emergency situation when
> I actually need it..
>
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