--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.

Quote Originally Posted by adammorley
Quote Originally Posted by 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
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