RE: [Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-16 Thread Andy McLeod
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jacques Nilo Sent: 15 April 2002 21:47 To: Eric B Kiser Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Leaf-user] serial console access Eric B Kiser wrote: [Jacques-Snip] Bering v1.0-rc1 does not have serial compiled in the kernel. This seems

[Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-15 Thread Eric B Kiser
got called out of town so this response is a bit delayed... [Joey-snip] Not to sound impolite... but there is currently I HOW-TO already available, linked below... I know the excitement though of getting this particular project working [/snip] Not impolite at all. The only reason that I

Re: [Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-15 Thread Jacques Nilo
Eric B Kiser wrote: [Jacques-Snip] Bering v1.0-rc1 does not have serial compiled in the kernel. This seems necessary to have serial console access. I am considering to have serial compiled in v1.0-rc2 for that reason. Any comment from the list on that issue? [/snip] Based on the above

RE: [Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-15 Thread Eric B Kiser
, 2002 4:47 PM To: Eric B Kiser Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Leaf-user] serial console access Eric B Kiser wrote: [Jacques-Snip] Bering v1.0-rc1 does not have serial compiled in the kernel. This seems necessary to have serial console access. I am considering to have serial compiled

RE: [Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-12 Thread Joey Officer
to the serial console (check the syntax, it might be wrong). Joey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chad Carr Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 10:34 PM To: Mike Noyes Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Leaf-user] serial console access On 11 Apr

Re: [Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-12 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
Bering doesn't have serial support compiled into the kernel. Yes. True. I have used the posts at the beginning of this thread to configure my serial-as-a-module kernel to boot, and I get (finally) a login message, but no boot messages. I just get the initial message which lets me know

Re: [Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-12 Thread Chad Carr
On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 08:40:01 -0500 Charles Steinkuehler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bering doesn't have serial support compiled into the kernel. Yes. True. I have used the posts at the beginning of this thread to configure my serial-as-a-module kernel to boot, and I get (finally) a

Re: [Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-11 Thread Chad Carr
On Thu, 4 Apr 2002 15:18:59 -0500 Eric B Kiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: _SUCCESS_ The results as copied from my hyperterm window.. LEAF configuration menu 1 ) Network configuration 2 ) System configuration 3 ) Packages

RE: [Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-11 Thread Joey Officer
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Leaf-user] serial console access On Thu, 4 Apr 2002 15:18:59 -0500 Eric B Kiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: _SUCCESS_ The results as copied from my hyperterm window.. LEAF configuration menu 1 ) Network configuration 2

Re: [Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-11 Thread guitarlynn
On Thursday 11 April 2002 10:07, Chad Carr wrote: The contents of this thread make a delightful howto, but I am wondering when you say success what you really mean. I can copy the same results as you from my minicom window (i.e the boot happens and I can log in) but there is one large thing

Re: [Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-11 Thread Mike Noyes
On Thu, 2002-04-11 at 08:45, guitarlynn wrote: Boot messages are set in Syslinux, not the LEAF OS until the kernel gives up control to INIT. The console keyword in /syslinux.cfg should point to the serial port instead of tty if your planning to run headless. Charles serial HowTo and the

RE: [Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-04 Thread Luis.F.Correia
It would be very usefull to have serial support compiled in the kernel. I still haven't upgraded to Bering because of that. My firewall does not have a video card and keyboard. I control it using the serial console... -Original Message- [big snip] Bering v1.0-rc1 does not have

Re: [Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-04 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
Thanks for the response. Here is where I am so far... [1] modified /etc/inittab so that my serial terminal line looks like this: T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100 also, I did verify that the serial port is set for com1 [2] added ttyS0 as the first entry on the list in

Re: [Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-04 Thread Kory Krofft
Charles, This sounds just like what I had happening a few weeks ago when I switched to the released version of Dachstein from the release candidate. I solved it by swapping in a kernel that had serial support compiled in but never was able to figure out why serial.o wouldn't work. Is it possible

Re: [Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-04 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
This sounds just like what I had happening a few weeks ago when I switched to the released version of Dachstein from the release candidate. I solved it by swapping in a kernel that had serial support compiled in but never was able to figure out why serial.o wouldn't work. Is it possible

RE: [Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-04 Thread Sjaak Aarnoutse
Hello Eric, For me the serial console works on Bering, without compiling a kernel. I am using the 2.4.18 kernel and the matching serial.o from Jaques site. My syslinux.cfg starts with the folowing lines: serial 0 19200 0 display syslinux.dpy#(displays nicely on my serial console)

RE: [Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-04 Thread Sjaak Aarnoutse
Hello Eric, For me the serial console works on Bering, without compiling a kernel. I am using the 2.4.18 kernel and the matching serial.o from Jaques site. My syslinux.cfg starts with the folowing lines: serial 0 19200 0 display syslinux.dpy#(displays nicely on my serial console)

RE: [Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-04 Thread Mike Noyes
At 4/4/02 02:18 PM -0500, Eric B Kiser wrote: Thanks for the heads up Sjaak, I have been unable to locate the serial.o and made the assumption that it was compiled into the kernel. I have just found out that this is not the case. I just looked again and I am still not finding it. If someone

RE: [Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-04 Thread Eric B Kiser
] Subject: Re: [Leaf-user] serial console access Charles, As you suggested I typed in the line below at a command prompt: T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100 ...and got this response: T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty: not found I assume, that as we have discovered, this is being caused

RE: [Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-04 Thread Eric B Kiser
_SUCCESS_ The results as copied from my hyperterm window.. LEAF configuration menu 1 ) Network configuration 2 ) System configuration 3 ) Packages configuration b) Back-up a package

[Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-03 Thread Eric B Kiser
After some discussion with Larry I am resubmitting this question to the list with more information and a more fitting title. _system_ Bering v1.0-rc1 _task_ I want to implement serial console access to my firewall. _resources_ LRP-Serial-HOWTO written by Charles. _questions_ Do I need to

Re: [Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-03 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
_system_ Bering v1.0-rc1 _task_ I want to implement serial console access to my firewall. _resources_ LRP-Serial-HOWTO written by Charles. _questions_ Do I need to load the serial.o module? Depends on your kernel. Try adding the following to your kernel command line (typically the

RE: [Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-03 Thread Eric B Kiser
be appreciated. Thanks, Eric -Original Message- From: Charles Steinkuehler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 9:13 PM To: Eric B Kiser; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Leaf-user] serial console access _system_ Bering v1.0-rc1 _task_ I want to implement

Re: [Leaf-user] serial console access

2002-04-03 Thread Jacques Nilo
From a recent post by Chad Carr (March 17) : BEG QUOTE Installing Bering LEAF on compact flash for the Soekris net4501 router platform 1) download floppy image and mount using mount -t msdos bering-1680-b4.bin /mnt/image -o loop 2) make msdos filesystem on compact flash mkdosfs /dev/hde1 3)