On Mar 8, 2011, at 2:04 PM, Blake Hodder wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Soekris net4521 and I am trying to install Debian Squeeze on it via > tftp boot and serial console. However; I get to where I can select install > from a menu list and then it sits at a blank screen. I am using the buadrate > of 19200 8n1 no flow control. Does anyone know how to successfully install > squeeze. I have tried using the wiki guide.
What, if anything, did you do to configure the install process to use the serial console for the installer at 19200 bps? Did you read the soekris wiki about installing debian? Normally PC style installers don't know to use the serial console, preferring the screen console, and need to be instructed to do so and at what speed. You may wish to try configuring the 4521 to 9600 bps and seeing if that works better, but you really should configure the serial console in the installer before running it. What does /var/lib/tftpboot/debian-installer/i386/boot-screens/txt.cfg and /var/lib/tftpboot/debian-installer/i386/boot-screens/syslinux.cfg look like? And, just to pick nits, it's 19200bps, not 19200 baud. The baud rate is how fast you're signaling, not the gross bit rate. You're probably still signaling at 9600 baud yet transmitting data at 19200bps. ;) -d ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan Shoop Computer Scientist U.S. Technical Services [email protected] GoogleVoice ............... 1-646-402-5293 * Nextel .................... 1-714-363-1174 Operations TOC (24/7) ..... 1-866-901-USTS USTS Offices .............. 1-714-374-6300 For immediate response or urgent matters please speak to the Duty Officer at the USTS Tactical Operations Center (above)
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