On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 10:56:30AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > BTW, do someone know if it is possible to install debian using the boot
> > > floppies trough a serial console ? My current attempts makes the serial
> > > console show the kernel boot log all right, and the first debian boot
> > > floppy screen, but when the install dialog is supposed to appear, the
> > > one where you can choose the items, then the serial console does not
> > > respond anymore.
> >
> > At least on MIPS I get the install dialog on the serial console (using a
> > custom
> > kernel and the standard ramdisk embedded in the kernel).
>
> Mmm, but you don't enable tty0 as second console, right ?
>
> I did console=ttyS01 console=tty0.
>
> the boot log appeared on the serial console, but i guess the boot-floppy
> screen appeared on the tty0, which does not work.
I used `console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200'. Kernel output will appear on both,
but /dev/console will be the console from the _last_ `console=' parameter.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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