On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 05:21:56AM -0600, Phil Howard wrote:
> 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.
That shouldn't be necessary, but I could be wrong. I will double check my
kernels and make sure stuff is set up correctly.
> 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?
Nope, no password. When you get the password prompt, it usually means
it's out of memory.
> 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.
Can do.
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David Cantrell | david@slackware.com *
KG6CII | Slackware Linux Project
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