Re: [opensuse] Serial terminal installation

2008-01-18 Thread James Knott
vasilis christaras wrote: > It should be straight forward. That was and i think still is > how linux is installed in computers in data centers. > A dumb terminal connected to the server via a serial cable. > > Many servers these days come with built in KVM or you can plug in a keyboard and moni

Re: [opensuse] Serial terminal installation

2008-01-18 Thread vasilis christaras
it. Cheers, Vasilis - Original Message From: Marcin Floryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: vasilis christaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: opensuse@opensuse.org Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 2:01:20 PM Subject: Re: [opensuse] Serial terminal installation On 18/01/2008, vasili

Re: [opensuse] Serial terminal installation

2008-01-18 Thread Marcin Floryan
On 18/01/2008, vasilis christaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It should be straight forward. That was and i think still is > how linux is installed in computers in data centers. > A dumb terminal connected to the server via a serial cable. How about using autoyast? Is that at all an option for y

Re: [opensuse] Serial terminal installation

2008-01-18 Thread vasilis christaras
:39:49 PM Subject: Re: [opensuse] Serial terminal installation vasilis christaras wrote: > It's a new system. No OS. I'm trying to install it from the opensuse DVD > using a serial console.I can't even get past the boot loader screen of the DVD. > > Is that eve

Re: [opensuse] Serial terminal installation

2008-01-18 Thread James Knott
vasilis christaras wrote: > It's a new system. No OS. I'm trying to install it from the opensuse DVD > using a serial console.I can't even get past the boot loader screen of the > DVD. > > Is that even possible? I've certainly never heard of it. -- Use OpenOffice.org

Re: [opensuse] Serial terminal installation

2008-01-18 Thread Aaron Kulkis
vasilis christaras wrote: Hi, I'm trying to install opensuse 10.2 on a machine without monitor+keyboard. I only have access via the serial console. When the dvd boot loader starts it kicks in, in graphical mode and minicom will show nothing, just a white screen. Tried all terminal+serial port s

Re: [opensuse] Serial terminal installation

2008-01-18 Thread vasilis christaras
Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:32:28 PM Subject: Re: [opensuse] Serial terminal installation Thu, 17 Jan 2008, by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Hi, > I'm trying to install opensuse 10.2 on a machine without monitor+keyboard. > I only have access via the serial console. > When the

Re: [opensuse] Serial terminal installation

2008-01-17 Thread Theo v. Werkhoven
Thu, 17 Jan 2008, by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Hi, > I'm trying to install opensuse 10.2 on a machine without monitor+keyboard. > I only have access via the serial console. > When the dvd boot loader starts it kicks in, in graphical > mode and minicom will show nothing, just a white screen. > Tried al

[opensuse] Serial terminal installation

2008-01-17 Thread vasilis christaras
Hi, I'm trying to install opensuse 10.2 on a machine without monitor+keyboard. I only have access via the serial console. When the dvd boot loader starts it kicks in, in graphical mode and minicom will show nothing, just a white screen. Tried all terminal+serial port settings with no success. Any