Re: installing off of serial console.

2000-09-26 Thread Matt Rose
> but shouldn't an xterm understand vt102 sequences? i normally ssh from > an xterm to the terminal server (another debian box) and call minicom > there. at least the ssh should handle the stuff in a transparent manner? I follow the same procedure. ---

Re: installing off of serial console.

2000-09-26 Thread Matt Rose
This is what I have in my inittab. Which is the exact same as I was using for terminal emulation over my serial line. Does that not support curses exactly right? T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt102 -- Matt Rose

Re: installing off of serial console.

2000-09-26 Thread Thomas 'Mike' Michlmayr
On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 20:31:31 +0200, Eric Delaunay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > Could you check your /etc/inittab for a getty entry that looks like: > > T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100 agony:~# grep 9600 /etc/inittab T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt102 #T1:23:res

Re: installing off of serial console.

2000-09-26 Thread Eric Delaunay
Matt Rose wrote: > On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Thomas 'Mike' Michlmayr wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 11:50:25 -0400, > > Matt Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is it possible to install debian through a sparc serial console? > > > > curses works for me. an interesting thing to add is that f

Re: installing off of serial console.

2000-09-23 Thread Matt Rose
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Thomas 'Mike' Michlmayr wrote: > On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 11:50:25 -0400, > Matt Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is it possible to install debian through a sparc serial console? > > curses works for me. an interesting thing to add is that for me the special > character

Re: installing off of serial console.

2000-09-22 Thread Matt Rose
Thank you. I did some hunting around and synced up my terminal program with the parameters I got off a printenv on the OpenBoot prompt, and discovered my terminal program was using Hardware flow control, and OpenBoot had none. So I changed my terminal program to no flow control, and voila! btw,

Re: installing off of serial console.

2000-09-22 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Matt Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is it possible to install debian through a sparc serial console? > I have a sparc with no monitor or keyboard (fine, I'm just gonna use it as > a server anyways) I don't have access to these things. When I boot up > using the supplied tftpboot.img, i

Re: installing off of serial console.

2000-09-22 Thread Thomas 'Mike' Michlmayr
On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 11:50:25 -0400, Matt Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to install debian through a sparc serial console? certainly. serial console + rarp/tftp. works like a charm every time. and the machines in question are some 700 kms away from $location. try that wi

Re: installing off of serial console.

2000-09-22 Thread Mike Renfro
On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 11:50:25AM -0400, Matt Rose wrote: > Is it possible to install debian through a sparc serial console? Yes, at least I've done a test install of potato on a Sparc Classic over a 9600bps serial line. All I recall doing was setting the port speed and settings in the prom, and

installing off of serial console.

2000-09-22 Thread Matt Rose
Is it possible to install debian through a sparc serial console? I have a sparc with no monitor or keyboard (fine, I'm just gonna use it as a server anyways) I don't have access to these things. When I boot up using the supplied tftpboot.img, it drops me into dbootstrap, and dbootstrap g