David Cantrell wrote:
> Spent today working on the kernels, installation program, color.gz, and so
> on. I've patched the setup program to be more friendly to the SPARC port.
> Removed Intel-specific stuff, added a new kernel installation module to
> work with the /kernels directory on the SPARC CD image, and other such
> tidbits. Worked a lot on the serial console problem. I had built a serial
> image (serial.gz), but after testing discovered that I can leave those
> gettys open with no problems...even if you don't have a serial console. So
> the new color.gz should allow those of you without monitors to get Slackware
> up and running. Enjoy the improved setup program too. :)
I got the ISO dated 2000-12-05 14:45:14 and gave it a try.
I tried "boot cdrom linux console=ttyS0" at the ok prompt. The kernel is
apparently not compiled with serial console support or isn't recognizing this
in Sparc architecture for some reason. I get no kernel probing messages on
the serial port. I do get a login prompt, so the inittab has the serial ports
going now.
When I login as root, I get a password prompt. I tried an empty password and
I also tried the rsync password, but neither work. Is there a special password
to use for this?
I suggest compiling in the SysRq feature, at least for the duration of beta
testing, although I think it is useful for normal install/rescue uses, too.
On a serial port sending BREAK followed by a letter works the same way as
Alt-SysRq-<letter> does from a keyboard.
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