[KLUG Members] Re: Terminal as monitor

Dirk H Bartley members@kalamazoolinux.org
Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:06:50 -0400


Adam Williams wrote:
> 
> >I succeded in using the following line in lilo.conf to have the lilo prompt
> >appear on a terminal.
> >serial=1,9600n8
> 
> Do you have something line:
> 
>  append = "console=ttyS1,9600"
> 
> in lilo.conf in order for LILO to tell the Linux kernel that you want
> ttyS1 to be the console?

That works like a charm.  Thank you.

Except that I could not enter anything at the lilo prompt.  (When I did it
before I did not try.)  I'll attempt a couple of different settings in lilo.conf
and on the terminal.

Dirk