Messages in this thread | | | From | Andreas Dilger <> | Subject | Re: Installing linux via serial port | Date | Wed, 25 Aug 1999 22:43:00 -0600 (MDT) |
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Chris Faulhaber writes: > According to linux/Documentation/serial-console.txt, simple specify: > > Of course, to enter this at the LILO prompt, LILO has to be installed with > the option to display on the serial port: > e.g.: serial = 1,9600n8 (for ttyS1, 9600 baud) > > OTOH, similiar to your reference to Suns, FreeBSD's initial loader has an > option to probe the keyboard (-P)...if a keyboard is found, the video > card/keyboard is used; if not, the serial port is used.
What happens with an AIX base install is that a message comes up on each device which says "press 1 to use this device as the system console" (or 2, etc, for serial consoles, or F1 for a graphics head). IMHO, if a VGA card or keyboard is installed is not a good reason to pick that device, in case another method is desired.
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