So with 8.10 and 9.04 I had problems with the installer via serial. You might have to setup a kickstart file to get it where you want. It felt buggy, but I couldn't interact with it....either because it was configured incorrectly by me or actually buggy. I got 9.10 installed which is the closest thing to an upcoming LTS release I could get. 8.04 has been out, but if I wanted the next LTS on the box, I'd have to relearn the whole thing, so my research should help me roll right into 10.04.
The getty/grub thing _is_ documented for Ubuntu 7.x & 8.x. Getty and grub changed in Karmic along with several other things and these were not _well_ documented when I went through the process as of November 09'. If you get 8.10 on the box then you are probably fine going with what documentation is out there. And I've used an IOgear USB to serial adapter on these before so the problem has to be with pxelinux.cfg and txt.cfg using ttyUSB0 instead of ttyS0. If I understand your setup correctly, I bet if you change that you can use your laptop, since that is just a client side configuration of minicom. You know your setup best, so maybe it's best not to muck with it. As for the ComBIOS upgrade stuff. I documented that you have a very short amount of time to send the file....something like 5 seconds or less to initiate the process, select the file, and send it up. That was aggravating at first, but good to know. Hope this helps. Good luck. Aric W.
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