What that does it tell 'lilo' that when your system boots, it's going to tell the kernel that serial=1,9600. I don't know exactly if that's needed or not. But if serial support is compiled into the kernel, you will need to reboot for the new settings to take effect. Erm, I hope that helps. TomG >My documentation says I can put "serial=1,9600" >in my lilo.conf file, and lilo will work through the serial port. >But it doesn't work. >Does it work for anybody else? > >It's not a big problem though, because there is a trick. >I wrote my lilo.conf file, so I know exactly what it contains. >I know what to type for the base (safe) kernel and the rebuilt >(experimental) kernel -- I only need to know when to type. >I adccomplish this by putting a control-g in the lilo message. >When I hear the beep, I type, or take the default, >and all is well. >I just wondered if lilo/serial worked for anyone else. > >There's another interesting quirk about serial console, >that will interest those who access Linux via the serial port. >If you bring up a rescue disk, with your initrd on another floppy, >and Linux asks you to "put in the initrd disk and hit return", >this is always at the screen/keyboard, even if you've redirected console >to a serial port. >Worse still, the lilo input and the initrd disk prompt >don't work at all when you try to redirect them. >They don't work at the serial port (as mentioned above), >and they don't work at the keyboard either. >In other words, you're stuck. > >This may not hold for other versions of Linux/lilo, >but that's what happened to me. >I just wanted you to know, before you are forced >to use a rescue disk with redirected console, >or lilo "safe kernel" with redirected serial, only to find you cannot. >The partition won't boot, and your backup procedure won't work either. >To be safe, pre-test any backup procedures you have in place, as I did, >to make sure they will work when needed. >And if there are any issues, >make sure lilo and your rescue disk are not redirected. >A totally blind user can run lilo from the keyboard, as described above, >and once you get into your rescue disk, with secondary initrd, >you can always run `sh -i <ttyS1 >ttyS1 2>&1', >and you're back on the serial port, at least long enough to get things fixed. > >Karl Dahlke >mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >-- > To unsubscribe: mail blinux-develop-request@xxxxxxxxxx with > "unsubscribe" as the Subject. >
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