Here's what I have in my lilo.conf:
serial=1,19200n8
append="console=ttyS1,19200"
This works thru my com1 port. Is there anything else? Thanks...
-Simon
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Mielke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Simon Yeo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Dave Mielke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Christian Reis
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Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 3:44 AM
Subject: Re: serial console problem
> On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Simon Yeo wrote:
> >I've already done this, but what I want to do is to be able to type in
> >"linux 1" via the serial port. The serial terminal works great for
> >monitoring boot messages but I can't seem to *type in* any lilo
bootprompt
> >arguments.
>
> If you've defined the "serial=" directive of "/etc/lilo.conf" correctly,
then
> it will work. You'll know if you've defined it correctly by whether or not
you
> see the LILO boot prompt. If you do see the LILO boot prompt, but still
can't
> respond to it, then something is wrong with your ability to send input
data to
> the port.
>
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