On 27 November 2015 at 06:31, Gregory Nowak <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was planning to get a serial cable for the pi, so I can do > console=ttyS0,115200 to be able to interact with it from boot to shutdown, > but saw no mention anywhere of being able to do this, so I probably > won't get the cable. Being blind, I have no use for a screen, and see > little point to having a keyboard with no output. So whatever > distribution I would use needs to be light, text-console-based, and > provide a ready to login ssh server once I put the sd card into the > pi, and plug it in. Any comments or suggestions would be > appreciated. I will also be needing another wired usb network > card. So, if anyone can suggest one which you know is supported by linux, > that > would be great too if the list moderators will allow it. Unfortunately > the product listings don't list the chipset a given card uses. I'll be > shopping at newegg.com. Thanks in advance. > > Greg > > > -- > web site: http://www.gregn.net > gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your > contacts. > > > Hi Greg, I've a raspberry pi and I've just upgraded the raspbian to Jessie. And as expected it loaded all the systemd crap just like a Debian Jessie. What you can of course do is that remove the systemd and revert to sysvinit. For the serial port, Raspberry has GPIO ports which you can configure as a serial port. In the link below you can find a very detailed explanation. I hope it helps in your project. http://elinux.org/RPi_Serial_Connection
However, I must say that it's not as easy as passing a parameter to the kernel. -- aldemir
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