I am trying to install Debian 1.2 on a computer without a display. This machine has successfully been running Linux for some time, using Miguel van Smoorenburg's excellent serial console patch.
I compiled a 2.0.27 kernel as specified in "readme.txt" on the December 8, 1996 Rescue disk. I also compiled in the serial drivers and serial console driver. I added the appropriate "command-line parameter" to syslinux.cfg on the Rescue disk, and changed /dev/console in the root.bin ramdisk to point to /dev/ttyS0 (where i have a serial terminal attached). This new Rescue disk boots and mounts the initial ramdisk, and the /etc/rc script runs, but i get no output after that. I am assuming that something runs after /etc/rc, and doesnt use /dev/console for it's user I/O. I'm confused as to the start-up sequence of the Rescue disk... ldlinux loads "root.bin" and "linux", then passes execution to "linux", with the specified boot-time parameters. The kernel uncompresses itself and initializes the drivers etc. It then uncompresses "root.bin" and mounts it as root, and executes "/linuxrc". This scripts execs "/sbin/init". What happens after this? TIA Sebastian Kuzminsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
