Cool. I'll let you know how it works out. Thanks for the reassurance. Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Moss" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> To: "Michael Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 11:39 PM Subject: Re: headless debian > Michael Mueller wrote: > > > Yeah, good question. For now, just headless operation as a backup to SSH > > access. In the future (6 months), I'll probably want headless install just > > for peace-of-mind. > > > > > I think the installer supports serial install by default with these > settings- 9600n8. I may be thinking of another distro though because > it's been a will since I tried it. Anyway, for serial console operation, > add these lines to /etc/lilo.conf (and rerun lilo of course. This > assumes you're want it on your first serial port. Change the tty > accordingly) > > serial=0,9600n8 > append="console=ttyS0,9600n8 console=tty0" > > and have init start a getty on ttyS0 by adding this to /etc/inittab > > T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 linux > > You can raise the 9600 if you want but I thing the "serial=" can only go > up to 19200. I use 9600 because it's supported by pretty much all > hardware and it's fast enough for the very rare emergency situation when > I actually need it.. >
