On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 05:35:22PM -0400, Kevin Mudrick wrote: > hi there, > > i've seen some of your posts to linux.debian.ports.powerpc, and saw one > in particular where you said you did a powerpc serial install with > woody. i'm wondering if you could possibly help me out, give me some > pointers on how to go about with that. I'm able to access OF from a > serial console, but as soon as I type "boot fd0" from the "0 >" prompt > in OF, it reads my debian boot floppy and ejects it, i am assuming then > its time for the root disk, but i'm getting nothing on the serial > console.. is there something i need to pass to the boot argument to get > it to work over serial? the only mac monitor i have for this machine > (oh, its a powermac 7500) is unreadable (syncing issues, i dunno) if i > try to install with the monitor as my output. > > thanks, > kevin
Yes, IIRC you need: console=ttyS0,38400 as a boot parameter. Unfortunately, to add the boot parameter on the floppy image you'll need a binary editor (like beav in debian) or else with ResEdit in MacOS you can edit the cmdl resource in the System file. I found that 9600 was a really bad speed to use, because it is out of sync with the serial drivers. It would respond at about 1 cps. You also need to setenv kbd ttya setenv console ttya in OF, if they're not already set that way, so you will see the output on the serial console. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)
