awesome. I'll do that. thanks. 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:53 PM Subject: Re: installing via serial > 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 at tysdomain.com> > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > __________ NOD32 3293 (20080723) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >
