38400 should be fine. even if ncurses is laggy, I'll suffer through it. 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: Friday, July 25, 2008 8:31 PM Subject: Re: installing via serial > One thing to be aware of however; > grub and lilo only support baudrates up to 38400 even though the kernel > serial support can run things faster. > > 38400 is the fastest speed that works with boot loader and kernel. > > Regards, Kerry. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Heim" <jheim at math.wisc.edu> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 12:57 AM > Subject: Re: installing via serial > > > Yeah, I'd go the other way and set the baud rate to 115200. Just make > sure > ythe emulator you're using on windows is using the same settings. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry at gotss.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:07 AM > Subject: Re: installing via serial > > >> 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 at gmail.com> >> 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 at gotss.net> >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > __________ NOD32 3300 (20080725) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >
