Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Graham Mitchell" <> | Date | Mon, 24 Jun 1996 18:31:21 +0000 | Subject | Re: Console as terminal on serial port |
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On 21 Jun 96 at 17:11, Danny ter Haar wrote:
> In article <m0uWtKh-00049nC@datasoft.com>, > Mark Buckaway <mark@datasoft.com> wrote: > > > >Out of curiousity, has anyone done any work on configuring > >the kernel to boot up and use a serial port as the console? > > > > ftp.cistron.nl/pub/os/linux/kernel/patches/v2.0/
These work wonderfully..... However, make sure that your terminal software (or indeed terminal) doesnt generate a break as you switch it off, as this will place the system into the monitor. Other than this, a very useful patch, that I hope makes it into 2.1
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