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From: Dirk Tilger <dirk@××××××.de>
To: gentoo-mips@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-mips] IP30: Gentoo installation without monitor & keyboard
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:19:28
Message-Id: 00E96DE6-6C1E-4570-A942-EE9B8D75952B@miriup.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-mips] IP30: Gentoo installation without monitor & keyboard by Karin Willers
1 On 02.03.2008, at 19:47, Karin Willers wrote:
2
3 > I'm currently trying to install Gentoo MIPS on an IP30 without
4 > monitor (and hence no keyboard connected). Connection to the
5 > Octane is made serially from a laptop running minicom.
6 >
7 > I think, the machine (R12000 @ 400 MHz, 2 GByte RAM) boots the
8 > ip30-r10k+-20050820.img image file correctly:
9 >
10 >>> bootp(): root=/dev/ram0
11 > Setting $netaddr to 192.168.0.70 (from server )
12 > Obtaining from server
13 > 8520560+306368 entry: 0xa800000020799000
14 >
15 > but there is no further output; probably there is no getty
16 > running on the serial port.
17
18 Why don't you pass...
19
20 console=ttyS0,9600n8
21
22 ...to your kernel as a try (see diverse serial console howtos)? ;)
23
24 Dirk.
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