On 06/29/11 at 10:04pm, Martin McCormick wrote: > It used to be that one got the installation program to > run through a serial port by a command like > > linux console=ttySx,9600n8p > > I downloaded the new Debian 6 iso image from Debian.org > and am trying to install it over a serial console which is one > of the things that computer users who are blind can do > if you already have one or more computers that talk. > > It appears that the procedure to start the serial > console has changed.
AFAIK, options passed to the debian installer are kernel options. I wasn't able to find a source on the options the distributed D-I kernel was built with, but I do know you can make a custom D-I disc with your own kernel, which you could ensure does support serial consoles. I believe the relevant config is CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE. -- Liam
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