Can extlinux / syslinux use a usb port for the console? Hi all, I just picked up a energy efficient server with built in 3 hour ups, toshiba Laptop. I've been using serial consoles for monitoring and controlling the boot process, but this laptop has only usb ports. Can Extlinux use ttyUSB0 for the console? I love the extlinux for booting usb devices. Thank you for the hard work, Nicholas A. Schembri State College, PA USA
Hi!> -----Original Message----- > From: n schembr [mailto:nschembr at yahoo.com] > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 1:31 PM > To: syslinux at zytor.com > Subject: [syslinux] scope creep "serial console usb" > > Can extlinux / syslinux use a usb port for the console? > > > Hi all, > > I just picked up a energy efficient server with built in 3 > hour ups, toshiba Laptop. > > I've been using serial consoles for monitoring and > controlling the boot process, but this laptop has only usb > ports. Can Extlinux use ttyUSB0 for the console?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.> > > I love the extlinux for booting usb devices. Thank you for > the hard work, > > > Nicholas A. Schembri > State College, PA USALuis Correia
n schembr wrote:> Can extlinux / syslinux use a usb port for the console?No. -hpa
Hi!> -----Original Message----- > From: H. Peter Anvin [mailto:hpa at zytor.com] > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 4:42 PM > To: Luis.F.Correia > Cc: syslinux at zytor.com > 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.)Oops, I guess I did. But at least i was right about the complexness of supporting USB...> > 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. > > -hpaHow true and sad. Luis
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 _______________________________________________ SYSLINUX mailing list Submissions to SYSLINUX at zytor.com Unsubscribe or set options at: http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic.