From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JVr8a-00042v-AG for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:34:08 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7B703E07F7; Sun, 2 Mar 2008 16:34:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server342-han.de-nserver.de (server342-han.de-nserver.de [85.158.176.233]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B68EE07F7 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2008 16:34:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 9810 invoked from network); 2 Mar 2008 17:33:55 +0100 Received: from p5798A50F.dip.t-dialin.net (HELO [192.168.0.1]) (87.152.165.15) (smtp-auth username karin@visti.de, mechanism plain) by server342-han.de-nserver.de (qpsmtpd/0.40) with ESMTPA; Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:33:55 +0100 Subject: Re: [gentoo-mips] IP30: Gentoo installation without monitor & keyboard From: Karin Willers To: gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20080302161110.GA4380@Vereniki.lan> References: <1204472839.5568.11.camel@ratlos> <20080302161110.GA4380@Vereniki.lan> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:33:57 +0100 Message-Id: <1204475637.5568.15.camel@ratlos> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-User-Auth: Auth by karin@visti.de through 87.152.165.15 X-Archives-Salt: 651433bc-f32f-4388-bb12-2b707a5784a4 X-Archives-Hash: 20049386365fc32b636e6093c96f7f60 Hello All, bootp(): root=/dev/ram0 CONSOLE=/dev/ttyS0 did it - thanks for the speedy reply! Cheers, Karin ----- On Sun, 2008-03-02 at 18:11 +0200, Panagiotis Christopoulos wrote: > On 16:47 Sun 02 Mar , Karin Willers wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > I'm currently trying to install Gentoo MIPS on an IP30 without > > monitor (and hence no keyboard connected). Connection to the > > Octane is made serially from a laptop running minicom. > > > > I think, the machine (R12000 @ 400 MHz, 2 GByte RAM) boots the > > ip30-r10k+-20050820.img image file correctly: > > > > >> bootp(): root=/dev/ram0 > > Setting $netaddr to 192.168.0.70 (from server ) > > Obtaining from server > > 8520560+306368 entry: 0xa800000020799000 > > > > but there is no further output; probably there is no getty > > running on the serial port. > > > > Question 1: Is there an image that has serial console enabled? > I'm not sure, but you can try this: > bootp(): root=/dev/ram0 CONSOLE=/dev/ttyS0 > or > bootp(): root=/dev/ram0 CONSOLE=/dev/ttyS1 > > > Question 2: What is the format of the .img file that is loaded > > via tftp - maybe there's a chance to add an entry for the > > serial port (what is the proper special file here?) in the > > initrd? > > > > Thanks, Karin > > > I hope this works, > > Panagiotis Christopoulos(pchrist) -- gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org mailing list