he's using a null modem to another computer; 9600 makes the ncurses based installer screens come up nice and slow. Regards, Kerry. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Stockton" <nstockton@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:51 PM Subject: Re: installing via serial wouldn't 9600 bod be better sence most hardware synths use 9600 bod? ----- 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 9:53 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 > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 3211 (20080624) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
