[syslinux] scope creep "serial console usb"

[J.H.]

Realistically your kind of out of luck - the pieces needed to support 
usb serial consoles in the bootloader are nigh impossible and without 
another real serial port there just isn't anyway to do what your after. 
  You might be better off with something like a remote KVM, but these 
aren't exactly cheap either.

- John

n schembr wrote:
> What about linuxBIOS?  Could I use syslinux to boot linuxBios and Then boot extlinux with  usb serial console support?   Can someone point me to  info on double booting linux?
> 
> I'm not looking to Complete control before I boot the system.  I just want less of a chance that a kernel upgrade will hang without  a  way to monitor/control  the boot process.  Boot once  might also  be a wayout for me.   
> 
> Do pc-card serial port work? 
> 
> Thanks for the feedback. :)
> 
> Nicholas A. Schembri
> State College, PA USA
> 
>  
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com>
> To: Luis.F.Correia <Luis.F.Correia at seg-social.pt>
> Cc: syslinux at zytor.com
> Sent: Friday, October 6, 2006 11:41:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [syslinux] scope creep "serial console usb"
> 
> Luis.F.Correia wrote:
>> Buy a USB serial adapter.
>>
>> By far cheaper then devling into the myriad of tricky USB controllers
>> out there.
>>
>> I bought mine for 9 EUR.
>>
> 
> You're missing the point... he wants console output on his USB serial 
> dongle, which is hellishly hard to support (since serial port isn't one 
> of the BIOS-provided "USB legacy features", syslinux would have to 
> include a full-blown USB stack.)
> 
> Most laptops actually have a serial port header somewhere on the 
> motherboard -- they're used by the manufacturers for testing -- but 
> don't put one on the outside anymore.  Sadly.
> 
>     -hpa
> 
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