Redirect UBCD on console ( com / RS-232 ) port

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killshoot · #1 Post by **killshoot** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:26 am

Hi everybody,

I'm serching how to customize UBCD to use the console port to redirect.

Usually I say to grup that the console port is my default screen

(http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/Serial/se ... nsole.html) but I've not finded how to and where to modify that for UBCD.

Anybody can help me ?

Best regards,

Vincent

slaxlax · #2 Post by **slaxlax** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:35 am

Hey killshoot,
I'm looking to do the same thing. Have you had any success in doing this?

#3 Post by **Icecube** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:25 am

Search for SERIAL port [[baudrate] flowcontrol] on http://syslinux.zytor.com/faq.php.

I haven't test it myself, but it should be possible.

slaxlax · #4 Post by **slaxlax** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:51 pm

Thanks for the link. I tried to set it up by adding the line SERIAL 0 (since I only have one serial port) but I still can't get it to show up. I'll get the bios setup through the console but not the UBCD menu. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

#5 Post by **Icecube** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 12:49 am

I am not sure but I think that the Serial redirecting has to be done in each config file. Because every file of the menu loads the contents of /menus/defaults.cfg, you probably just have to add "SERIAL 0" to this file and to sylinux.cfg and isolinux.cfg.

In the FAQ of syslinux:
For the SERIAL directive to be guaranteed to work properly, it should be the first directive in the configuration file.
So i don't know if it works, when it is in the /menus/defaults.cfg file. So it could be that you have to include the command in each config file.

slaxlax · #6 Post by **slaxlax** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:37 am

I tried putting SERIAL 0 at the top of the default.cfg file as well and this file is included in the rest of the menus but it still doesn't seem to work. I can get console redirection if I boot slax from the ultimate boot cd so I know that there is no problem on the host side but I need to be able to move through the menu to pick what I want to boot too. I'm wondering if there is a module or something that needs to be loaded into UBCD before it is capable of console redirection..

#7 Post by **Icecube** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:32 pm

Try http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Remote-Serial-Con ... linux.html

slaxlax · #8 Post by **slaxlax** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:27 am

Thanks Icecube! I finally got it to work by using the method described in the link. I don't know what I was doing wrong the first time. Now that I can access the options through console would you know how I can make the options on the menus accessible by pressing a different number for each option instead of having to use the arrow keys?

slaxlax · #9 Post by **slaxlax** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:32 am

Never mind. I figured out how to make a hot key with ^. Thanks for all the help again.