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From: Colin Whittaker <grimnar@redbrick.dcu.ie>
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Subject: [ILUG] Re: serial console...not quite working
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John P. Looney stated the following on Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 03:31:11PM +0100 :
>  I'm not sure what exactly is wrong with this, but I can't get a redhat
> 7.1 box to use ttyS0 as a console.
> 
>  The relevant bits of /boot/grub/grub.conf are:
> 
> serial --unit=0 --speed=115200
> terminal --timeout=2 console serial
> title=linux
>    root (hd0,4)
>    kernel /boot/bzImage ro root=/dev/md0 console=ttyS0,115200n81
															     ^
That 1 is unneeded and is probably whats upsetting your kernel

we use "console=ttyS0,9600n8" but the 9600 is mainly cos we are a cisco
shop and its to keepo everyhting the same.

Colin
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"Design" is like a religion - too much of it makes you inflexibly and unpopular.
		Linus Torvalds

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