L. C. Robinson <lcr@onewest.net> writes >This is not Debian specific. It's a kernel feature. At the boot >prompt you add: >console=<device> >to your normal boot line; <device> should be the device you are using >(such as ttyS0 or ttyS1). The kernel has supported this for a long time. There is a catch, though - the kernel must have serial port drivers compiled in. The kernels on the last standard Debian CDROMs came with serial port support available only in modules. Serious chicken-and-egg problem. - Jim Van Zandt