installing via serial

installing via serial

[Tyler Littlefield]

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~~
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RE: installing via serial

[Tom Moore]

I know most linux distros can be installed via serial, just don't remember
the procedures for the different distros.

As for FreeBSD you'll need to modify the boot floppy in /boot/loader.conf I
believe it is to enable serial support for the install.
The FreeBSD topic for install is OT for this list so if you'd like to hit me
privately about this feel free.

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca]
On Behalf Of Tyler Littlefield
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 4:06 PM
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
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
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Re: installing via serial

[Tyler Littlefield]

I can proly figure it out through the conf file.
I'll see what some digging around on google gives--I haven't found much for 
debian yet, and that's my main one.

Thanks,
~~TheCreator~~
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Moore" <tom@tomstroubleshooting.com>
To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" 
<speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 2:14 PM
Subject: RE: installing via serial


>I know most linux distros can be installed via serial, just don't remember
> the procedures for the different distros.
>
> As for FreeBSD you'll need to modify the boot floppy in /boot/loader.conf 
> I
> believe it is to enable serial support for the install.
> The FreeBSD topic for install is OT for this list so if you'd like to hit 
> me
> privately about this feel free.
>
> Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca 
> [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of Tyler Littlefield
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 4:06 PM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> 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
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CentOS

[Dawes, Stephen]

Has anyone ported speakup to CentOS? For those of you who don't know,
CentOS is a RedHat product. (Basically the enterprise version without
support) CentOS is extremely stable, and does not come out with new
versions at the same speed as Fedora does. (Fedora, another RedHat
product.)

I am interested in a Centos install if it can be considered as a
candidate for speakup, and all the other accessibility offerings found
in fedora. 



Steve Dawes
Phone: (403) 268-5527
Email: SDawes@calgary.ca


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RE: CentOS

[Tom Moore]

As far as I know this hasn't been done yet.
I was planning on starting some work on this, but never got the process off
the ground.
One thing I am unsure of is exactly which kernel should I make my patch off
of. 2.6.18, 2.6.18.4, this I am unclear about.
I found some instructions on how to add the needed lines to the spec file to
add Speakup in, but didn't try out a test build.
This guide tells how to modify the kernel on Centos.
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Custom_Kernel
Hope this might be enough to get you started.

This in itself though isn't all that is needed. This would just add Speakup
in to the kernel so that after the system was installed I could get it
talking.
This probably doesn't fix keymap issues with in the installer itself though.
For doing the install I use a kickstart file to answer the questions I want,
but I had to come up with this one by trial and error so this took some
time.
Also one bad thing I can think of is that Centos doesn't have a telnet
install option. From what I remember they do their remote installs via vnc
and this won't work for us.

Tom




-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca]
On Behalf Of Dawes, Stephen
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:26 AM
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: CentOS

Has anyone ported speakup to CentOS? For those of you who don't know,
CentOS is a RedHat product. (Basically the enterprise version without
support) CentOS is extremely stable, and does not come out with new
versions at the same speed as Fedora does. (Fedora, another RedHat
product.)

I am interested in a Centos install if it can be considered as a
candidate for speakup, and all the other accessibility offerings found
in fedora. 



Steve Dawes
Phone: (403) 268-5527
Email: SDawes@calgary.ca


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Re: CentOS

[Trevor Astrope]

I've patched the rhel 3 kernel with speakup before. It is a bit tricky, 
since Red Hat backports security and bug fixes, as well as some features 
from newer kernels to the rhel kernel, but it is possible.

The way I did it was to do an rpm -bp on the kernel rpm, then make a 
backup copy of it and try and patch speakup against it. The patch will 
likely fail in places, so you will need to apply the failed hunks 
manually. Then make a patch against the copy and your speakup modified 
tree and include the patch in the spec file and rebuild.

Or it might be easier to try one of the speakup patches from a speakup 
modified fedora kernel srpm. If you're lucky, it might just work out of 
the box.

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Dawes, Stephen wrote:

> Has anyone ported speakup to CentOS? For those of you who don't know,
> CentOS is a RedHat product. (Basically the enterprise version without
> support) CentOS is extremely stable, and does not come out with new
> versions at the same speed as Fedora does. (Fedora, another RedHat
> product.)
>
> I am interested in a Centos install if it can be considered as a
> candidate for speakup, and all the other accessibility offerings found
> in fedora.
>
>
>
> Steve Dawes
> Phone: (403) 268-5527
> Email: SDawes@calgary.ca
>
>
> NOTICE -
> This communication is intended ONLY for the use of the person or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient named above or a person responsible for delivering messages or communications to the intended recipient, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any use, distribution, or copying of this communication or any of the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and then destroy or delete this communication, or return it to us by mail if requested by us. The City of Calgary thanks you for your attention and co-operation.
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Re: installing via serial

[Kerry Hoath]

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" <tyler@tysdomain.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
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
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Re: installing via serial

[Tyler Littlefield]

awesome. I'll do that. thanks.

Thanks,
~~TheCreator~~
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry@gotss.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: installing via serial


> 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" <tyler@tysdomain.com>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> 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
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Re: installing via serial

[Nick Stockton]

wouldn't 9600 bod be better sence most hardware synths use 9600 bod?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry@gotss.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: installing via serial


> 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" <tyler@tysdomain.com>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> 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
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Re: installing via serial

[Kerry Hoath]

he's using a null modem to another computer;
9600 makes the ncurses based installer screens come up nice and slow.

Regards, Kerry.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nick Stockton" <nstockton@gmail.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: installing via serial


wouldn't 9600 bod be better sence most hardware synths use 9600 bod?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry@gotss.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: installing via serial


> 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" <tyler@tysdomain.com>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> 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
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Re: installing via serial

[John Heim]

Yeah, I'd go the other way and set the baud rate to 115200.  Just make sure 
ythe emulator you're using on windows is using the same settings.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry@gotss.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:07 AM
Subject: Re: installing via serial


> he's using a null modem to another computer;
> 9600 makes the ncurses based installer screens come up nice and slow.
>
> Regards, Kerry.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nick Stockton" <nstockton@gmail.com>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:51 PM
> Subject: Re: installing via serial
>
>
> wouldn't 9600 bod be better sence most hardware synths use 9600 bod?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry@gotss.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:53 PM
> Subject: Re: installing via serial
>
>
>> 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" <tyler@tysdomain.com>
>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
>> <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
>> 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
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Speakup mailing list
>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>>
>> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
>> signature database 3211 (20080624) __________
>>
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>>
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Re: installing via serial

[Kerry Hoath]

One thing to be aware of however;
grub and lilo only support baudrates up to 38400 even though the kernel 
serial support can run things faster.

38400 is the fastest speed that works with boot loader and kernel.

Regards, Kerry.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Heim" <jheim@math.wisc.edu>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 12:57 AM
Subject: Re: installing via serial


Yeah, I'd go the other way and set the baud rate to 115200.  Just make sure
ythe emulator you're using on windows is using the same settings.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry@gotss.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:07 AM
Subject: Re: installing via serial


> he's using a null modem to another computer;
> 9600 makes the ncurses based installer screens come up nice and slow.
>
> Regards, Kerry.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nick Stockton" <nstockton@gmail.com>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
> <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:51 PM
> Subject: Re: installing via serial
>
>
> wouldn't 9600 bod be better sence most hardware synths use 9600 bod?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry@gotss.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
> <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:53 PM
> Subject: Re: installing via serial
>
>
>> 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" <tyler@tysdomain.com>
>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
>> <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
>> 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~~
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Re: installing via serial

[Tyler Littlefield]

38400 should be fine. even if ncurses is laggy, I'll suffer through it.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry@gotss.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: installing via serial


> One thing to be aware of however;
> grub and lilo only support baudrates up to 38400 even though the kernel
> serial support can run things faster.
>
> 38400 is the fastest speed that works with boot loader and kernel.
>
> Regards, Kerry.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Heim" <jheim@math.wisc.edu>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 12:57 AM
> Subject: Re: installing via serial
>
>
> Yeah, I'd go the other way and set the baud rate to 115200.  Just make 
> sure
> ythe emulator you're using on windows is using the same settings.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry@gotss.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:07 AM
> Subject: Re: installing via serial
>
>
>> he's using a null modem to another computer;
>> 9600 makes the ncurses based installer screens come up nice and slow.
>>
>> Regards, Kerry.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Nick Stockton" <nstockton@gmail.com>
>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
>> <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
>> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:51 PM
>> Subject: Re: installing via serial
>>
>>
>> wouldn't 9600 bod be better sence most hardware synths use 9600 bod?
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry@gotss.net>
>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
>> <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:53 PM
>> Subject: Re: installing via serial
>>
>>
>>> 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" <tyler@tysdomain.com>
>>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
>>> <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
>>> 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
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