Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 8 Jan 2001 12:24:20 -0500 (EST) | From | "Mohammad A. Haque" <> |
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I do believe RedHat kernels have this feature compiled in.
This is probably an typo in the email but it's /dev/ttyS0 . Note the capital 'S'.
On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Paul Powell wrote:
> Hello, > > I am running an unmodified RedHat 6.2 kernel > (kernel version 2.2.14-5.0) > > I am trying to redirect the linux startup messages to > the serial port. I've added the 'console=' parameter > to my lilo.conf file. I've tried several iterations > such as > 'console=ttys0','console=cua0','console=ttys0,9600n8', > etc.... > > They all fail to produce any output to the serial port > although they do remove the text from my screen. When > I have booted RedHat I can type 'echo blah > > /dev/cua0' and I see text output from the serial port. > Interestingly when I try to echo to /dev/ttys0 I get > an IO error message. I'm using a null modem cable > connect to a windows machine to watch the serial port. > > My question: why can I see output when booted into > RedHat but not when booting the OS? I've read that > you have to compile this feature into the kernel. > Does anyone know if RedHat's kernel come with this > feature built in? >
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