[no subject]

However, even with this you'd still need to set up lilo/grub (not tried
grub, but lilo worked a treat) and run a getty on the serial line so
that you can log in once the machine has booted.

My headless linux box has been run via serial for a couple of years, you
can pass a parameter to the kernel to ask it to use the serial device as
a console on boot.

from my lilo.conf:

prompt
timeout=50
default=24ipsec
boot=/dev/md0
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
#message=/boot/message
linear
serial=1,9600n8

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.x.xx
       label=kernelfoo
       read-only
       root=/dev/md1
       append = "console=ttyS1,9600"





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