Re: [Rule-list] Ok,,, but what if you don't have a cdrom

[Brock Organ]

On Sun, 2002-02-24 at 16:37, Martin Stricker wrote:
> James wrote:
> 
> > Note in case of error is there a way to "capture the output"... other
> > than setting the laptop next to my desktop keyboard and typing REAL
> > fast. *grin*
> 
> The only thing that I can think of is a "serial console". The kernel
> does support piping all his messages through a serial cable, but I think
> this has to be compiled into it. I don't know any more, I just have read
> about this sometimes. Maybe you should ask on enigme-list.

at the syslinux prompt you can do this:

linux updates console=ttyS0,115200n8 

and then capture the serial console output on another machine using a
program like minicom ...


-- 
Brock Organ             QA Engineer             address@hidden  
  "That which we are, we are..."    "I `em what I`em!"   
    -Alfred, Lord Tennyson            -Popeye, Lord Sailor