Headless system - serial console on boot

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Headless system - serial console on boot

#1 Post by nimurphy » Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:12 am

Hi,

Does the UBCD make a serial tty available on boot? I'm trying to rescue a headless system and have no way of attaching a monitor of any kind.


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Re: Headless system - serial console on boot

#2 Post by Icecube » Mon Sep 13, 2010 1:51 pm

No, UBCD doesn't send any output to the serial port.
Syslinux (SYSLINUX/ISOLINUX/EXTLINUX/PXELINUX) support sending output fo the serial port, when you specify the SERIAL keyword in the syslinux config files:
http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.ph ... control.5D

But I don't know if the programs you boot from the Syslinux menu, support the serial console.
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