> From: Tim Sailer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 11, 1998 9:18 AM > Subject: Serial Console > > > Has anyone actually gotten the serial console stuff to work with the > newer kernels? It works to a point, with lilo allowing input from > the serial port, and the initial kernel messages going to the port, > but right after it initializes the swap, all I/O stops at the serial > port. When the system is rebooted, the shutdown messages go to the > port. I'm clueless at this point... >
Tim, It's been a while since I did this (and on the pre-2.0 kernel) but one thing you did not mention... IF ;-) I remember correctly, Linux has some devices specifically set for console and perhaps system tty (like /dev/console /dev/syscon /dev/systty from my Solaris UNIX system). When I tried the serial console setup, I renamed these files (so I could recover if needed) and then set up links with the original names to the serial device being used as the console. IHTH and Good Luck, --- Bob McGowan i'm: bob dot mcgowan at artecon dot com
