Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > > 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]
After this init reads /etc/inittab runs and starts processes depending on the run level. -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
