Messages in this thread | | | From | "Paul Rolland" <> | Subject | Init single and Serial console : How to ? | Date | Sun, 4 Jul 2004 07:09:39 +0200 |
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Hello,
I'm trying to activate a serial console on a Linux 2.4.20 (OK, this is not the most recent one, but this is the one I'm running).
Configuration is quite simple : at the LILO prompt, I key in : LILO: linux console=ttyS0 -s
This is supposed to start Linux, and have the console on ttyS0.
The problem is that the bash prompt ends on the monitor, not on the serial port.
I've read about the :
ioctlsave is a small utility to create the Linux SysV init file /etc/ioctl.save from a multiple user run level rather than from single user mode. /etc/ioctl.save contains the terminal settings to be used in single user mode. Users of terminals or modems which cannot be configured to operate at 9600bps (and thus set ioctl.save using the standard mechanism) will find this utility useful.
but, the problem is that this operation is only possible if you can have access to the machine (to run the ioctlsave utility).
When you have a remote machine, for which you have a serial access at boot time, but which is not completed its "go to runlevel 3" boot to give you a serial console, how is it possible to force it to give you a prompt on the serial port in single mode ?
Regards, Paul
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