Hi, On Tuesday 11 January 2005 21:07, you wrote: > It looks to me as if fai's default kernel doesn't support a serial > console. You'll have to role your own kernel. > I might be wrong.
$ grep -i serial_console /var/lib/fai/nfsroot/i386/boot/config-2.4.26-fai CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y proves you wrong me thinks :) But in the lines... > > So, to make it simple, it gives "text console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8" > > as parameters. > > On one bl10e running RedHat (which displays at least the login prompt), > > the /proc/cmdline contains : > > auto BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=301 BOOT_FILE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.24 > > console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 ide0=ata66 I can spot a difference: console=ttyS0,115200n8 vs console=ttyS0,115200 - could this be the cause of the problems ? I haven't used serial console very much.. regards, Holger