On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 15:46:05 EST, Brian Haley <Brian.Haley@xxxxxx> said: > I did this recently on Debian and Red Hat, I think it was as simple as: > > 1. edit /etc/inittab and un-comment (or add) a line like this: > > T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100 > > 2. add ttyS0 to /etc/securetty > > 3. reload inittab with 'init q' > > If when you originally installed you booted with 'console=ttyS0,9600n8' > I think it will actually set this all up for you. You can always add > this to your bootup with lilo/grub/etc. depending on which you use. All the 'console=' stuff sets up is where the kernel should scribble its output messages (very useful if you're trying to debug a kernel panic, the console= you give will dump the messages out the serial line where they can be caught by another computer rather than scrolling off the screen).
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