On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 04:57:37AM -0500, Mehmet Avcioglu wrote: > > The kernel supplied does not have serial console support built in it. I > tried patching a fresh kernel and creating the .config myself but things > didn't work. Then I tried the config from > ftp://ftp.solucorp.qc.ca/pub/vserver and added CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y and > that didn't turn serial console support either. > > Any ideas how I can build serial console support into the kernel.
you'll need at least the following ... CONFIG_SERIAL=y CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y (in the .config file) and for the kernel ... console=ttyS0,19200n8 (as append option) for more details look at/read the documentation in linux-2.4.19/Documentation/serial-console.txt best, Herbert > > This is with 2.4.19 > > Thank you > > -- Mehmet
