[luau] Linux Console

MonMotha monmotha at indy.rr.com
Mon Jul 29 15:42:00 PDT 2002


Daniel J Nishimura wrote:
> Thanks Brian and Monmotha.... I hooked up my workstation to my linux box
> with a null-modem cable, but as Brian said, it still isn't a true console.
> The boot messages don't show up and the login prompt is the first thing to
> pop up.  Brian, do you recommend any motherboards with a true console
> port?  Thanks.
> 
> -dan

Hum, if you appended the console=ttyS0,bps to your kernel line in 
lilo.conf, you should at least get the kerenl startup messages.  There's 
also a lilo.conf option to have lilo be available on the serial line (so 
tha tyou can hit shift to give params. see progress, etc).

--MonMotha




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