Problem using fai with (about) serial console

[Holger Levsen]

Hi,

On Tuesday 11 January 2005 21:07, you wrote:
>   It looks to me as if fai's default kernel doesn't support a serial
> console. You'll have to role your own kernel.
>   I might be wrong.

$ grep -i serial_console /var/lib/fai/nfsroot/i386/boot/config-2.4.26-fai 
CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y

proves you wrong me thinks :) 

But in the lines...

> > So, to make it simple, it gives "text console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8" 
> > as parameters. 
> > On one bl10e running RedHat (which displays at least the login prompt), 
> > the /proc/cmdline contains :
> > auto BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=301 BOOT_FILE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.24
> > console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 ide0=ata66 

I can spot a difference: console=ttyS0,115200n8 vs console=ttyS0,115200 - 
could this be the cause of the problems ? I haven't used serial console very 
much..


regards,
 Holger