From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 50BFC1EFAEC; Wed, 2 Mar 2016 15:48:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from vserver.gregn.net (vserver.gregn.net [174.136.110.154]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D64EC1EFAE6 for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2016 15:48:02 -0500 (EST) Received: from vbox.gregn.net (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:d:6c5:54a0:1609:305f:5b37]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by vserver.gregn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5324DE1A for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2016 12:49:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=gregn.net; s=default; t=1456951740; bh=9z+6RIMZriufXQXiwoYIiZfquuWlpxpc0oJQ4JJ7pXw=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=aznDXz0KuZWpQuBe7RD0+neehH87uptObu0zryiiiO6Z93MAhUNcQFdvQGkN99afR LOy6Xcc6t5Io7fiBBM6pMl6HslqjvKtfoQt8Ca+iWX0CY4elCKS86hoAnzgpCMpBN3 bCsIJWLCIdcALjz/maUqmnM9mS0QNcWPP3csqE0Q= Received: from greg by vbox.gregn.net with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1abDgc-0004NM-V1 for speakup@linux-speakup.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2016 13:47:58 -0700 Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 13:47:58 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@linux-speakup.org Subject: Re: Installing Slackware Without Hardware Synthesizer Message-ID: <20160302204758.GA7519@gregn.net> References: <56D6FC94.9050801@gmail.com> <56D71860.1060504@math.wisc.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <56D71860.1060504@math.wisc.edu> X-PGP-Key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.98.7 at vserver X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2016 20:48:04 -0000 Good point. Actually, I believe Haden said he's doing this in a virtual machine. In that case, just give the guest a virtual serial port, and connect to it from the host with minicom/screen/telnet. I haven't used slackware for the last 11 years or about, so can't give you an exact boot sequence. However, when you get to a boot prompt of the boot loader, pass: console=ttyS0,115200 to the kernel, and you should hopefully be all set. Greg On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 10:44:16AM -0600, John G Heim wrote: > One more thing that might be worth considering is a serial console > install. This would probably be way easier than manually > reproducing the steps performed by the slackware installer. you'd > need another computer and a null-modem cable. Oh,and both machines > have to have serial ports. > Tip: Null-modem cables are a glut on the market in used computer > stores. New, they are about $5. But there is no reason to pay more > than a dollar for one of those thingsat a used computer store. -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org