On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 04:07:04PM -0600, Phil Howard wrote:
> David Cantrell wrote:
>
> > > 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.
>
> I'll check through that part of the kernel source myself to see if there
> are any possible quirks. You are using the stock 2.2.17 kernel tree, right?
Yes, I am. I just went through it again and there's no mention of any
serial console driver. Did you try booting the new ISO without passing
any special options?
>
> > > 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.
>
> Got 128 meg of RAM here. I would hope that's plenty.
>
Yeah, that should be plenty.
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