2 Q's: Serial console and list of HW support

[adammorley]

I looked through the FAQ (and used search) and didn't find an answer to this.

1. I've got an Intel server board that defaults to outputting the console (including bios, etc.) to the serial port. How do I boot knoppix over the serial port into run level 2?

2. Is there a list of supported hardware? The server's got an intel raid card in it that might not be supported. . .

thanks!

adam

[Dave_Bechtel]

--You should be able to use Windoze's Hyperterminal connected over a loopback (null-modem) serial line to get a console display. A laptop might be more convenient than a larger computer, but use whatcha got.

--Hardware compat lists, straight from Google:
http://hardware.redhat.com/
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fhard.php3
http://linux.crynwr.com/
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/
http://hardwaredb.suse.de/index.php?LANG=en_UK

I looked through the FAQ (and used search) and didn't find an answer to this.

1. I've got an Intel server board that defaults to outputting the console (including bios, etc.) to the serial port. How do I boot knoppix over the serial port into run level 2?

2. Is there a list of supported hardware? The server's got an intel raid card in it that might not be supported. . .

thanks!

adam

[adammorley]

--You should be able to use Windoze's Hyperterminal connected over a loopback (null-modem) serial line to get a console display. A laptop might be more convenient than a larger computer, but use whatcha got.

--Hardware compat lists, straight from Google:
http://hardware.redhat.com/
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fhard.php3
http://linux.crynwr.com/
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/
http://hardwaredb.suse.de/index.php?LANG=en_UK

Wait: Knoppix will boot over the serial port? Is that enabled in the kernel already (its a seperate option last I checked)? Does that mean i'm going to need to always hit knoppix 2 to get it to not boot x by default? (the thing goes into a console server, and we don't have this "windoze" thing you speak of., but rather simply ssh to the serial port server.

second: is that the HCL for knoppix's kernel? those don't look like lists of what knoppix supports. . .

thanks,
adam

[Dave_Bechtel]

--Yep, you're right actually; you'd have to recompile the kernel to get console-on-serial port support. Under Character Devices, you have to change "Standard/Generic 8250/16550 serial support" from Module to Y(included), then the option for "console on serial port" pops up.

--If you don't have Windoze, more power to ya! Minicom under Linux should do the same job.

--If you do the ' mkfloppy.bat ' or dd the boot.img to /dev/fd0, you can then modify the syslinux.cfg file to automatically boot into knoppix 2. Just add ' 2 ' to the default kernel parms.

> (the thing goes into a console server, and we don't have this "windoze" thing you speak of., but rather simply ssh to the serial port server.

--You're losing me here... Please elaborate.

--Pretty much anything you find on those lists, you can expect Knoppix to support - it's kernel support, natch.

--You should be able to use Windoze's Hyperterminal connected over a loopback (null-modem) serial line to get a console display. A laptop might be more convenient than a larger computer, but use whatcha got.

--Hardware compat lists, straight from Google:
http://hardware.redhat.com/
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fhard.php3
http://linux.crynwr.com/
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/
http://hardwaredb.suse.de/index.php?LANG=en_UK

Wait: Knoppix will boot over the serial port? Is that enabled in the kernel already (its a seperate option last I checked)? Does that mean i'm going to need to always hit knoppix 2 to get it to not boot x by default? (the thing goes into a console server, and we don't have this "windoze" thing you speak of., but rather simply ssh to the serial port server.

second: is that the HCL for knoppix's kernel? those don't look like lists of what knoppix supports. . .

thanks,
adam