I have had a similar problem trying to install through a character terminal on an IBM PC 350. I pass the <linux console=ttyS0> argument, but with the CD-Rom the kernel messages don't appear on the monitor, nothing appears on the terminal screen either. I tried the floppy (idepci) which won't fully boot at all. The CD-ROM would boot all the way up, but would not use the terminal like I requested. I have another computer that I could try it on (which has a removable video card unlike the IBM), but like you said it may be the disks lack serial support. If you have become successful with booting to the serial port please let me no!
=============================================================================== John Kerr Anderson Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 =============================================================================== On Mon, 9 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I want to do a serial console installation on a i386 computer that > doesn't have a monitor or a keyboard. But because of some reason it > doesn't work instead of functioning like noted in the installation > instructions: "If you are booting with a serial console, generally the > kernel will autodetect this. If you have a videocard (framebuffer) and > a keyboard also attached to the computer which you wish to boot via > serial console, you may have to pass the `console=<device>' argument to > the kernel, where <device> is your serial device, which is usually > something like ``ttyS0''." knowing that there is no keyboard or > videocard attached it should just work fine but it doesn't. > > note 1: Its not a true console I'm installing from its a computer > connected to the computer where I'm installing Debian on thru a null > modem cable using a terminal emulation program set to 9600, no parity, 1 > stop bit. The hardware is just fine as my test install of another serial > install enabled os demonstrated (FreeBSD to be exact) > > note 2: I found something in the user-boot archives that might explain > this but doesn't give a solution: "However, the Hamm and Slink i386 > installation disks did not support serial console. The main problem was > that the standard kernel did not have serial support compiled in. the > serial device was in a module, and you had to get pretty far into the > installation before it was installed. The last time I checked, the same > was true of the potato install disks. I have not checked lately." I > think a new kernel for the install disks would fix it but. I'm not sure > I would like to hear if that would fix it or that I have to do it more > difficult. > > (sorry for my not so good english) > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
