On 30/06/11 04:04, Martin McCormick wrote: > It appears that the procedure to start the serial > console has changed. > > Can I boot the CDROM in serial console mode as before?
I had to do this recently to install on a serial-only virtual machine, and found that I had to modify the CD to present anything over the serial port. I don't know if I was doing something wrong and it should have been possible with a stock CD, but this worked for me. These are the notes I made while doing it, you should substitute the 6.0.1a version for whatever is current when you do it. --- Following http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Modify/CD mkdir unpack bsdtar -C unpack -xf debian-6.0.1a-amd64-netinst.iso [if doing it with mount -o loop, don't miss .disk dir] vi unpack/isolinux/isolinux.cfg [timeout 5] vi unpack/isolinux/txt.cfg [add console=ttyS0,9600n8 to append line] chmod +w unpack/isolinux/isolinux.bin genisoimage -o debian-6.0.1a-amd64-netinst-plettserial.iso -r -J -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat ./unpack --- I was using an amd64-netinst CD, but it should work with any CD that uses isolinux (i386 or amd64). Paul. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e0c2133.8090...@plett.co.uk
