Brad Fritz wrote: >On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 12:19:35 CST David Goodrich wrote: > >>i'm attempting to run a null-modem cable from my router to my main pc to >>manage my router w/o a monitor & keyboard permanently attached... so as >>instructed in the serial-howto, i typed >> echo "hello world" > /dev/ttyS0 >>to test the serial link...it returned >> cannot create /dev/ttyS0: error 19 >>i haven't found anything about this error on the web, and was wondering if >>anyone here has had similar experience... thanks >> > >In my experience, that error occurs when trying to use the serial >port when > a) the kernel doesn't have serial support compiled in, or > b) the kernel has serial support via kernel modules and > serial.o hasn't been loaded. > >The Dachstein-small kernel in the floppy version of Dachstein >requires the serial.o kernel module to be loaded for serial >support. It's at > http://lrp1.steinkuehler.net/files/kernels/Dachstein-small/modules/misc/ > If you want a console on a serial line, which is what you are trying to accomplish, you will need serial support compiled into the kernel. Serial support as a module won't work. So you will need to replace the kernel with a Dachstein-normal one.
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