* Mike schizo@angui.sh [20060505 20:15]:
I'm trying to use grml as the base for a hardware validation USB key on a machine which has no video at all, and is accessible through a serial console.
After yanking the boot.msg splash screen and adding console=ttyS0,11500n8 to the append line, things are promising (moreso than knoppix which had serial support as a module :( )
The issue that I'm having is that even if I use the 'serial' cheatcode (in addition to having added the console bit to the append line), I'm not getting a shell on the serial console. I get as far as:
[ ok ]hing for device(s) labeled with GRMLCFG.
- Floppy device detected. Trying to access floppy disk. (Disable this via
boot option: noautoconfig) [ ok ]devices with label GRMLCFG found. [ ok ]hed execution of main grml startup.
(minicom messes up the pretty formatting)
And then nothing. This is the point at which I would normally be getting a prompt and be on my merry way.
What's the trick to getting it going?
(If I boot the same USB key on my desktop, using the same cheatcode and append line, I get no boot progress to screen [all going to imaginary serial], just the grml.org logo in the upper left, and then suddenly the normal shell)
Which grml-version are you using?
Please try booting via:
serial
No further options needed. This will run 'grml ... console=tty1 console=ttyS0,9600n8' and start mgetty for you. Does it work with minicom then? Another option would be using ser2net instead of minicom. If you are using grml 0.7 please try using grml-small 0.2 instead and report whether it works for you then.
regards, -mika-