On 12 Mar 2002, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> > As well you might want to make certain that the RAM is seated properly.
>
> Eh, where is the RAM? I did not see any RAM when I opened the box.
> Do I need to remove the HD to find the socket?
You can see it on the back where the slots are located. Do you have a
rackmount or desktop model? You should be able to see it through the
slots.
> > Now what do you see on the serail console? And we can go from there.
>
> Nothing. :(
>
> Not even sure if the PCs serial ports are working. Do I need modules
> loaded with a 2.4.16 kernel? There is no serial ports listed in
> /proc/interrupts, only /proc/ioports. I tried lo laod generic_serial,
> but it did not have any effect.
>
> Any clues to spare?
Yup, make certain your serial port works first.
grep ttyS /var/log/dmesg (will tell you if it was not built as a
module, else if it was a module it will be listed in by lsmod.)
dmesg|grep ttyS
-Rms
