On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 18:41, Roger wrote:
Or, add to /etc/inittab: S1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty ttyS1 -L 115200 vt102 Restart inetd and this inittab addition will only display the later part of the boot process and will give you a login shell via kermit/minicom.
Inclusion here. To have the /etc/inittab file to be re-read: # telinit q
(i also recall doing a "# killall agetty" for some reason)
The entire specifics of this can also be found in the "Remote Serial Console HowTo"
Ok. After making sure that your port numbers and baudrates are
correct,
fire up kermit on the remote box. Reboot or restart initd depending on which test method you decide to choose.
After doing: # kermit
type "connect" (most times, you'll also need to type "RETURN" to get the shell to display the login prompt). Type "ctrl \ c" & the "exit".
well, anyways, half of my post here is OT but should help-out. I'm also noticing I'll probably confuse any readers. oh well.