Eric S. Johansson wrote: > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > >> On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:50:30 -0400 "Eric S. Johansson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> | I have a system with an apparently dead keyboard interface. is >> there | any chance I could use the standard (or near standard) >> minimal boot CD >> | and install everything via serial console? >> >> What arch? It's supported on sparc, mips, hppa and arm at least and >> should work automatically. >> > sorry, x86 > Serial consoles are supported with x86 hardware, i am using it now with my headless gentoo box.
You may have to modify the livecd (if it doesnt already have a serial console enabled) to give you a terminal on the serial port, then it should be fine. Note that you need a null modem cable for this to work. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
