[syslinux] scope creep "serial console usb"

n schembr
Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:15:49 -0000

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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