Re: Kernel options to install Debian over Minicom serial console on PC Engines routerboard

[didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com>]

Le 22/01/2026 à 08:17, Nicolas Kovacs a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> I have a PC Engines routerboard that has no video card. In the past I've 
> successfully installed CentOS and Rocky Linux on this board using 
> Minicom and the serial console.
>
> A couple months ago I even managed to install Debian 13 Trixie on it 
> using the text mode installer in the serial console. Unfortunately I 
> forgot to write down the kernel options I used to boot this thing and 
> now I can't seem to remember them.
>
> Something like this:
>
> console=ttyUSB0,115200n8 edd=off
>
> But I can't seem to get to the installer with this. What did I miss ?

Hello Nicolas,

I have never used this but the Debian Installation Manual has a 
paragraph (5.3.1) on the subject:
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/install.en.pdf