Re: It's possible to install Debian 5.0 using serial console?

[my mail <amfpg@yahoo.com>]

--- On Thu, 3/12/09, Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir@cohens.org.il> wrote:

From: Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir@cohens.org.il>
Subject: Re: It's possible to install Debian 5.0 using serial console?
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 1:39 PM


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On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 09:04:26AM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:31:30 -0700 (PDT)
> my mail <amfpg@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > hi all
> > 
> > I want install Debian 5.0, it possible to install Debian using serial console just like another os freebsd?
> > 
> > if possible how to do it, thanks 
> 
> Never done this, YMMV, these references are old, etc.
> 
> http://www.patoche.org/LTT/install/00000103.html
> http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/221

> Hmm.... I recently ran a (PXE) serial console isntallation on an Alix
> board of mine, and had no problem whatsoever .
> 
> Just make sure to pass the extra parameter:
> 
>   console=ttyS0,9600n8
> 
> to the installer (well, I actually used there 115200 rather than 9600)


thanks for this, but if i mus enter the extra parameter, i need keyboard and monitor attached into this machine,
can i add this parameter into grub?

if i can what program i can use to edit the debian dvd iso so i can edit the boot configuration

many2 thanks