[opensuse] Serial terminal installation
Hi, I'm trying to install opensuse 10.2 on a machine without monitor+keyboard. I only have access via the serial console. When the dvd boot loader starts it kicks in, in graphical mode and minicom will show nothing, just a white screen. Tried all terminal+serial port settings with no success. Any ideas on how to do it? I managed to get it to text by counting to 10 then pressing esc, counting to 5 and then pressing Enter, but it's not really ideal. Cheers, Vasilis ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Thu, 17 Jan 2008, by nireas@rocketmail.com:
Hi, I'm trying to install opensuse 10.2 on a machine without monitor+keyboard. I only have access via the serial console. When the dvd boot loader starts it kicks in, in graphical mode and minicom will show nothing, just a white screen. Tried all terminal+serial port settings with no success.
Any ideas on how to do it?
You enabled the agetty in /etc/inittab? #S0:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L 9600 ttyS0 vt102 or #cons:12345:respawn:/sbin/smart_agetty -L 38400 console ^ Remove hash and do 'init q' as root Found this Novell page: <https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/584/3456486_f.SAL_Public.html> Theo -- Theo v. Werkhoven Registered Linux user# 99872 http://counter.li.org ICBM 52 13 26N , 4 29 47E. + ICQ: 277217131 SUSE 10.3 + Jabber: muadib@jabber.xs4all.nl Kernel 2.6.22 + See headers for PGP/GPG info. Claimer: any email I receive will become my property. Disclaimers do not apply. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
vasilis christaras wrote:
Hi, I'm trying to install opensuse 10.2 on a machine without monitor+keyboard. I only have access via the serial console. When the dvd boot loader starts it kicks in, in graphical mode and minicom will show nothing, just a white screen. Tried all terminal+serial port settings with no success.
Any ideas on how to do it?
If you don't' have to do this for many machines, then just borrow a monitor from another machine, plug in a spare keyboard, and be done with it. Sometimes work-arounds ARE the best solution for the current circumstances.
I managed to get it to text by counting to 10 then pressing esc, counting to 5 and then pressing Enter, but it's not really ideal.
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