Re: Installing linux via serial port

Andreas Dilger (adilger@enel.ucalgary.ca)
Wed, 25 Aug 1999 22:43:00 -0600 (MDT)

Chris Faulhaber writes:
> According to linux/Documentation/serial-console.txt, simple specify:
>
> Of course, to enter this at the LILO prompt, LILO has to be installed with
> the option to display on the serial port:
> e.g.: serial = 1,9600n8 (for ttyS1, 9600 baud)
>
> OTOH, similiar to your reference to Suns, FreeBSD's initial loader has an
> option to probe the keyboard (-P)...if a keyboard is found, the video
> card/keyboard is used; if not, the serial port is used.

What happens with an AIX base install is that a message comes up on each
device which says "press 1 to use this device as the system console" (or
2, etc, for serial consoles, or F1 for a graphics head). IMHO, if a VGA
card or keyboard is installed is not a good reason to pick that device,
in case another method is desired.

Cheers, Andreas

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