From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.back-rdu.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id hB2JtwR15615 for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 14:55:58 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id hB2K2hN11103 for blinux-list@listman.back-rdu.redhat.com; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 15:02:43 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id hB2K2h211099 for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 15:02:43 -0500 Received: from smtp4.doit.wisc.edu (hermes.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.190]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id hB2K2gH00401 for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 15:02:42 -0500 Received: from conversion-daemon.smtp4.doit.wisc.edu by smtp4.doit.wisc.edu (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.20 (built Aug 27 2003)) id <0HPA00401A46KL@smtp4.doit.wisc.edu> for blinux-list@redhat.com; Tue, 02 Dec 2003 14:02:38 -0600 (CST) Received: from vinca.facstaff.wisc.edu (vinca.doit.wisc.edu [128.104.17.103]) by smtp4.doit.wisc.edu (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.20 (built Aug 27 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HPA00IXVACCPB@smtp4.doit.wisc.edu> for blinux-list@redhat.com; Tue, 02 Dec 2003 14:02:37 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 14:02:43 -0600 From: John Heim Subject: debian install? X-Sender: jheim@wiscmail.wisc.edu (Unverified) To: blinux-list@redhat.com Message-id: <6.0.0.22.2.20031202135521.01b70580@wiscmail.wisc.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: junk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I'm trying to do a serial console install of debian, booting from floppies and getting the installation files over the network. Actually, I think you'd have the problem I'm having no matter how you did the install. I have installed the base system.from a local mirror. At that point, you're supposed to reboot. This I did and the new system booted off the hard drive. But at that point it runs another installation program where you're supposed to do stuff like enter a root password, etcetra. But it was not talking to the serial console. So I rebooted from the diskette and set it up so that it would use the filesystem on the hard drive as the root. This worked. I got text on my serial console and it ran the second half of the install program from the hard drive. Only problem is that it's not waiting for keyboard input. the prompts speed by as if I'm holding down the enter key. Has anyone done a serial console installation of debian? How did you deal with the second half of the installation process after rebooting from the new system?