>A while ago I posted a message about not being able to use the Debian >install disks on my I5 because I have no "real" tty ... the console is a >serial terminal. Someone (Eric Delaunay iirc) said this was due to some >problems with init wanting to open a non-serial tty ... I don't have the >email in front of me but I can remember appreciating the problem :) > >Question: am I SOL running Linux on the I5 until init is patched? or >are there ways around this? I'll install another distro and hack it >back to Debian if I have to ...
Way back in 1.3 days I managed to install debian on a headless sparc. There is nothing in init that requires that the tty is the console, it will work (or did at least then) with a serial console. What I did to get the output in the right place was to change /dev/console, /dev/tty0 and /dev/tty1 to symlinks /dev/ttyS0 (I think, maybe I used mknod to change the minor) on the install root (this implies that you have to have access to machine which can read/write ext2). After you are installed, you have to make sure that init runs a getty on your serial port (boot singleuser if it doesn't and edit inittab). Other than that I don't recall having any problems. (The 'normal' init doesn't have problems with the serial console, it's just the one on the install disks). /Anders -- -- Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong. Anders Hammarquist | Mud at Kingdoms | [EMAIL PROTECTED] NetGuide Scandinavia | telnet kingdoms.se 1812 | Fax: +46 31 50 79 39 http://www.netg.se | | Tel: +46 31 50 79 40 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
