Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261939AbTIDQsZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Sep 2003 12:48:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265223AbTIDQsZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Sep 2003 12:48:25 -0400 Received: from warden-p.diginsite.com ([208.29.163.248]:36063 "HELO warden.diginsite.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261939AbTIDQsX (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Sep 2003 12:48:23 -0400 From: David Lang To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 09:45:22 -0700 (PDT) Subject: serial console on x86 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1000 Lines: 22 I am attempting to install linux (debian 3 based) on some dual athlon boxes with no video card. The BIOS does include serial console capabilities once the system is installed I have no problem booting from the hard drive, but when I attempt to boot from a CD to install (ISOLINUX custom boot disk) I see the lilo prompt, the loading kernel message, the loading initrd.gz message and then it prints 'Ready.' and reboots the same bootdisk will work just fine if I install a video card in the machine (and the same kernel with lilo boots just fine without a video card after it gets installed) any ideas why the kernel may crash before printing any messages in this situation? I've tried this with 2.4.17 and 2.4.22 with the exact same results. David Lang - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/