I'm trying to use grml as the base for a hardware validation USB key on a
machine which
has no video at all, and is accessible through a serial console.
After yanking the boot.msg splash screen and adding console=ttyS0,11500n8 to
the append
line, things are promising (moreso than knoppix which had serial support as a
module :( )
The issue that I'm having is that even if I use the 'serial' cheatcode (in
addition to
having added the console bit to the append line), I'm not getting a shell on the serial
console. I get as far as:
[ ok ]hing for device(s) labeled with GRMLCFG.
* Floppy device detected. Trying to access floppy disk. (Disable this via
boot option: noautoconfig)
[ ok ]devices with label GRMLCFG found.
[ ok ]hed execution of main grml startup.
(minicom messes up the pretty formatting)
And then nothing. This is the point at which I would normally be getting a
prompt and be
on my merry way.
What's the trick to getting it going?
(If I boot the same USB key on my desktop, using the same cheatcode and append
line, I
get no boot progress to screen [all going to imaginary serial], just the
grml.org logo
in the upper left, and then suddenly the normal shell)
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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