... if I remember right it has. You'll have to remove your graphics card so that the kernel sends everything to the first serial port found.
0,02$ Frank On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 12:06 +0100, Ognjen Bezanov wrote: > Eric S. Johansson wrote: > > > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:50:30 -0400 "Eric S. Johansson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> wrote: > >> | I have a system with an apparently dead keyboard interface. is > >> there | any chance I could use the standard (or near standard) > >> minimal boot CD > >> | and install everything via serial console? > >> > >> What arch? It's supported on sparc, mips, hppa and arm at least and > >> should work automatically. > >> > > sorry, x86 > > > Serial consoles are supported with x86 hardware, i am using it now with > my headless gentoo box. > > You may have to modify the livecd (if it doesnt already have a serial > console enabled) to give you a terminal on the serial port, then it > should be fine. Note that you need a null modem cable for this to work. > > > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > -- [email protected] mailing list
