Re: does RH 5.2 support installing with a serial console?

Richard Henderson (rth@cygnus.com)
Thu, 7 Jan 1999 23:54:33 -0800

On Thu, Jan 07, 1999 at 11:38:16PM -0800, Matthew Jacob wrote:
> I was really asking whether this was "known to be working" so that my
> experiences with it (on pc164) for the out of the box RH5.2 Alpha where it
> didn't work were just 'pilot error'.

Oh, blah. RH stock kernels don't have a serial console configured.
I could build one for you if you liked to see if it works.

> And, gawd, it'd be nice if there
> was a 'one kernel fits all' for Alpha/Linux.

That exists. All that got a major facelift about 2.1.80 or so.

> And yes, I putzed on ever finishing the Linux/Turbolaser
> port (NASA/Ames is a 'NetBSD' shop- they didn't say no,
> but they sure discouraged me....such is life).

Ah well...

r~