Hi syslinux.cfg is not enough. To put a getty on a serial line, you need inittab too.
Juergen On 16. September 2014 23:30:32 MESZ, Timothy Wegner <tweg...@swbell.net> wrote: >Jurgen wrote: > >> have you upgraded your older 4801 box to version 5.1 with the geode >image or also with the Bering-uClibc_5.1_x86_64_syslinux_vga.tar.gz > >No, I have always used the 486 image >(Bering-uClibc_5.1_i486_syslinux_serial.tar.gz) with the older 4801. I >should add I tried the 486 serial image with the newer 6501 but that >did not solve the problem. Theoretically the 486 image should work just >fine. > >I did not use a Geode image with any Soekris boxes. I am sure Geode is >not what I need for the Soekris net6501 since it uses an Intel atom >chip, and for the Soekris net4801 box the 486 images have always >worked. > >>Due to the fact that there exists no >Bering-uClibc_5.1_x86_64_syslinux_SERIAL.tar.gz image for the new >generation of SBC's this VGA-image >is intended for 64bit computers >with vga output which has neither your soerkis nor my PC Engines APU >board. > >With the Soekris net6501 the >Bering-uClibc_5.0.4_x86_64_syslinux_vga.tar.gz image with syslinux.cfg >modified for serial works perfectly. > >I haven't found the lack of a serial package for x86-64 to be a problem >since all I have had to do is use a vga version and edit syslinux.cfg >to support serial. At least that worked for 5.0.4 and 5.0.5. I believe >my problem is not serial support because I can see the first part of >the boot messages up until boot fails. I suspect some module is >missing, but I'm not sure how to tell. Since Leaf 5.0.4 works, maybe >there's a way I can study the working configuration to get things >working with 5.1. > >Thanks again. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Want excitement? >Manually upgrade your production database. >When you want reliability, choose Perforce. >Perforce version control. Predictably reliable. >http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157508191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user >Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/ Mit freundlichen Grüßen Jürgen Northe --- Diese Nachricht wurde von meinem Mobiltelefon mit K-9 Mail gesendet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want excitement? Manually upgrade your production database. When you want reliability, choose Perforce Perforce version control. Predictably reliable. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157508191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
