Switch to serial console ( was Re: [parisc-linux] disk required? )

[Jack Perdue]

Howdy Andrew,

FWIW, see:

   http://puffin.external.hp.com/mailing-lists/parisc-linux/1999/12-Dec/0091.html

I was able to get my 712/60's console to the serial port using the steps
there...

jack
j-perdue@tamu.edu


At 03:05 PM 08/23/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Matt Taggart wrote:
>
> > This is the point where the kernel switches over to serial console. The
> > machine is still running, just attach a serial console or use minicom or
> > something.
> >
> > Unfortunately this is quickly becoming a FAQ. I wish we had documented 
> it in
> > the CD README. It doesn't help that the last message you see is 
> "pdc_cons die".
>
>
>hmmm....  I found the following quote from
>
>http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/parisc-linux/parisc-linux-boot.html#CONSOLES
>
><quote>
>3.1.2.3.3. How can I change the boot console to serial on a 712?
>
>   Unfortunately, you can't. Although 712s are configured for in-house
>        HP development to use serial console, this configuration isn't
>   supported in the field. You have to use a graphics console for 712s.
></quote>
>
>I have 712/80 (sorry, I should have mentioned earlier).  Would I still
>be able to use a serial console despite what the documentation says?
>Thanks
>
>
>Andrew Park
>
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