I used the floppies of 20040303 and tried, at the boot prompt, to revert to a serial console. I failed.
If you wonder why would I use the real console (tty0) to revert to a serial console, the answer is that I tried to get back as quickly as possible to my desk to continue the installation there. Working at my desk is much more productive. However I couldn't boot the machine by means of its NIC because the NIC has no boot prom and, in general, I don't have the set-up to boot the machine from the network. Following http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?DebianInstallerNetbootPXE and the help screen of F7 (or F8), I tried both linux and expert with debian-installer/framebuffer=false console=ttyS1,9600n8 . The serial console had a totally unreadable output, though it seemed to get lots of input. In contrast, the real console showed: Loading linux................... Loading initrd.gz............... Ready. or something very similar. My question is: was that supposed to work? And if not, what parameters should I use at the boot prompt to have the installer use a serial console? -- "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." -- George Bernard Shaw (sent by shaulk @ actcom . net . il) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
