Sarge d-i and serial install
Hi, I hear rumours that if a machine has no video card,
(sarge) debian-installer will try to open a serial console.
I want to install on a mini-itx box with no monitor,
but it's got a graphic card on-board that can't be disabled.
Is there a way to have it start d-i on a serial console
(say, not plug in a keyboard a la Sparc?).
Even some set of commands to type in blind would help.
Assuming I need to pass the kernel some custom CLI options,
other strategies I can think of are:
* boot floppy ( it's got no floppy drive either)
* custom CD (when I asked about custom install CDs recently I got no answer)
* boot d-i over PXElinux (an option? Bit cumbersome just for a serial console)
Anyone know which are goers? Thanks in advance.
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