>>>>> "gc" == Guillaume Cottenceau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
gc> Juan Quintela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>>>> "guillaume" == Guillaume Cottenceau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> guillaume> Pixel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> David Eastcott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> >> >> > Perhaps something missing in the boot kernel? >> >> >> >> you got it. We don't have serial console handling in the boot kernel. >> guillaume> We have the "serial.o" module, it's not enough? What does it guillaume> lack? >> >> we need serial built-in into the kernel for serial console to work. >> If you have 68kb free in the boot disks, I can change the thing, gc> Oops, too large.. in 2.5 will be a serial rewrite, we could possible get an smaller module _if there is no_ support for all the strange serial cards around the world (i.e. only support for the serial port included in pcs). But that is a post 8.2 thing (i.e. it needs a lot of testing and is quite work). >> othrewise, it is not going to work. notice that the messages than >> David is asking about are printed _before_ we have mounted any >> filesystem, initrd -> i.e. no way that we are able to load a module >> for that time. gc> And if this is automatic, e.g. a partial auto install? I don't understand what do you ask here. You only need to put in your kernel command line: console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600 that will make the messages going _both_ to the serial console and to the normal console. Later, Juan. -- In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are different -- Larry McVoy
