After happily using Dachstein for some time now and ready to upgrade to the latest because it has some features I need, I downloaded the latest small Dachstein image from Charles Steinkuehler's page and configured it to run my network.
First off, I wanted a serial connection. So I reviewed the latest Serial Howto, but did not get past the first test of the serial port before making any changes, i.e. the line
echo "Hello world" > /dev/ttyS0
give me the following error message
cannot create /dev/ttyS0: error 19
Downloading the serial.o module from the same site, for the same kernel and adding it to the modules list and the /lib/modules directory and backing up the works gives the same result.
I've confirmed that the module exists after reboot and is loaded; fixing inittab and securetty makes no difference. All it adds are more error messages about respawning "T0" too fast.
I've verified my hardware as well by booting to DOS.
Googling did not help much either, other than to find a similar post, but without an answer and some references to the Serial Howto, which I was using already.
What am I missing in this?
I'm not sure. If serial.o is listed when you run 'lsmod', you should have serial port support.
Some comments indicate that serial support is built into the normal kernel, but how do I convert the .....zImage.upx file to a disk image or how do I replace just the kernel, if that is an option?
Just copy the ....zImage.upx file to the file 'linux' on your floppy disk (or other boot media). You may have to replace any kernel modules you're using, as well.
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