[syslinux] help configuring netboot over remote serial terminal - SOLVED

[Ferenc Wagner]

Miles Fidelman <mfidelman at meetinghouse.net> writes:

> I just figured that out (with a lot of googling), was just about to
> post to the list.
>
> Kevin Korb wrote:
>
>> If it is using COM3 shouldn't that be ttyS2 ?
>>
>>> The on-board IPMI BMC redirects the serial port to COM3 [...]
>>>
>>> ------- tftp/debian-installer/amd64/boot-screens/syslinux.cfg
>>> SERIAL 0 115200

If you also want Syslinux handle the serial line, this should be
SERIAL 2 instead.  It is not strictly necessary, though, as your BIOS
seems to do VGA text redirection, and you don't want both (CONSOLE 0).

>>> tftp/debian-installer/amd64/boot-screens/txt.cfg append vga=788
>>> initrd=debian-installer/amd64/initrd.gz -- console=ttyS0, 115200n8
>>> earlyprint=serial,ttyS0,115200n8

Besides the ttyS2s, this should be earlyprintk if you really mean it.

>>> tftp/debian-installer/amd64/pxelinux.cfg/default SERIAL 0 115200

SERIAL 2 (this is probably a better place for it than syslinux.cfg)
-- 
Regards,
Feri.