From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp2.wa.amnet.net.au (smtp2.wa.amnet.net.au [203.161.124.51]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC69F109EE for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:53:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp2.wa.amnet.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFA83C46EC for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:53:48 +0800 (WST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smtp2.wa.amnet.net.au Received: from smtp2.wa.amnet.net.au ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp2.wa.amnet.net.au [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id VKC8LuUVY5Ab for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:53:47 +0800 (WST) Received: from gotss1.gotss.net (203.161.101.89.static.amnet.net.au [203.161.101.89]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp2.wa.amnet.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E67DC46E4 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:53:47 +0800 (WST) Received: from [192.168.25.14] (helo=bouncy) by gotss1.gotss.net with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KLq1Z-0000Uf-8t for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:53:45 +0800 Message-ID: <001101c8ed30$1b731880$0e19a8c0@bouncy> From: "Kerry Hoath" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <001e01c8ec36$64fb7790$4200a8c0@tdsportable> Subject: Re: installing via serial Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:53:44 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.10 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:53:56 -0000 Ok here is how I do the distributions by serial that support it although this only works for real serial ports in the box not those on usb to serial or pci serial cards. Look at the cd image and in particular the config for isolinux. Find out the default lables and kernel names, for example the ubuntu server disk has linux and expert. Now at the boot: prompt you simply do label console=ttyS0,38400 example expoert console=ttyS0,38400 I have done this for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora core and Centos. No idea if slackware or gentoo have serial support and serial console support in the default kernels. Regards, Kerry. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tyler Littlefield" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 4:06 AM Subject: installing via serial Hello list, I'd like to be able to do a self-install of debian, and other OS's as well. Is there a way that I can make any of the following use a serial install? I can get SecureCRT and get me a null-modem cable and a pci-serial card, and run the install through SecureCRT--and it might be better than buying an external synth: slack, gentu, debian, mandrake, fedora also bsd would be fun to play with--if I had serial, I wouldn't have to rely on ssh as well. Thanks, ~~TheCreator~~ Visit TDS for quality software and website production http://tysdomain.com visit the piratecafe for programming related resources: http://piratecafe.net msn: tyler@tysdomain.com skype: st8amnd127 _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup