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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at 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 at tysdomain.com skype: st8amnd127 _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
