Re: Serial console installs?
Yes, I add the console= line to my boot image in pxe, but I still
get weird characters .. It works fine when I do a (cringe) redhat
install.. Is it maybe the kernel I'm using (sarge) ?
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, John Smith wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 23:43, debian@halligan.org wrote:
> > I'm trying to install Sarge over the net (booting netinstall via pxe).
> > I can only connect to it via serial console.. When it boots up into
> > serial console, it seems to try sending VGA data to the serial port.
> >
> > Is there a way to get around this?
> >
>
> I use this as the initial config file for a soekris 4801 with only
> a serial console, runs like a charm...
>
> SERIAL 0 9600
> timeout 20
> prompt 1
> default daily/vmlinuz
> append initrd=daily/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=8192 root=/dev/rd/0 \
> init=/linuxrc devfs=mount,dall rw console=ttyS0,9600n8
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jan
>
>
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