On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 11:03 AM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > > On 5/23/19 11:01 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > >> You can always plug in a USB-RS232 converter and pass "console=ttyUSB0" > >> on the kernel command line. There is no need to use the built-in serial > > > > I am curious about that comment. I do not understand how one would > > actually (physically) plug a USB-RS232 on a Mac Mini G4 ? > > > > Here is a picture of such device (at least how I interpret your comment): > > > > https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/15819/how-to-identify-the-usb-to-serial-wire-mismatched > > > > Where do you plug the red/black/white/green cable on your Mac ? > > You misunderstood what I said. I would use the converter the other way > around, with the USB plug on the Mac side and the RS-232 cable on the > PC side. That should work for a simple serial console for the kernel, > you won't be able to see any OpenFirmware messages though.
Right I misunderstood that part. I still feel dumb, where do you get a serial port on any modern laptop these days ? > Adrian > > -- > .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org > `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de > `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
