Has anyone out there sucessfully set up a serial console?
I'm using kernel 2.2.12 - I followed the instructions in
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/serial-console
the pertinent lines from lilo.conf look like this
serial = 1,9600
image=/vmlinuz
append = "console=ttyS1,9600n8"
/dev/console was a symlink to /dev/tty0
( this is debian Potato )
I rm'd it as per the instructions, and
remade it with
mknod -m 622 /dev/console c 5 1
now the problems. Lilo writes to the serial line just fine, but
will only take input from the keyboard that's attached to the machine.
When the system boots, I get
Loading Linux.........
Uncompressing the Kernel.......
on the monitor attached to the machine. Then all messages until
INIT 2.76 Booting disapeer somewhere. Init starts and writes to
the monitor on the machine, and I get one warning
Warning: unable to open an initial console.
also if I try (as root)
#cat > /dev/console
sh: /dev/console: No such device
So it looks like the kernel documentation is lying to me.
Anyone done this sucessfully?
thanks
greg
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