Re: Installing linux via serial port

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 25 Aug 1999 15:17:25 +0100 (BST)

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> for linux/sparc you just give SILO the parameter "linux serial" and it
> knows what to do. but the ability do do this is part of the sparcstation
> design - i.e if it doesnt find a monitor or keyboard it switches to
> using the serial port as user i/o. I haven't seen PCs with this
> capability, or am I wrong?

The ability to do that is part of the Sparc Prom (aka BIOS) but the ability
to do that beyond the BIOS layer is the OS's problem. Linux 2.2 has serial
console for a lot of platforms.

The catch is BIOS support. In general you can get by without seeing BIOS
information. Lilo can be told to use serial port too

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