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 1JVqmV-0008LC-HA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:11:19 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 795F9E071E; Sun, 2 Mar 2008 16:11:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.190]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 319AAE071E for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2008 16:11:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id f5so3453793nfh.26 for ; Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:11:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent:from; bh=kdh17dFoVDm2DnkTLi2beIeSyD4/sBX89olcP2LcrFo=; b=E+O0nxUgbDJdzHetEZtRSLCWMSTjTqBlS3yeTr412czn+o14oHkfjYtZ2a3p32sQP6HIntZmxJygfaR2qisrxWTn/ZNfFXd347y2jdsLAgDOzwGKirwZPKgVudwV0CH3aaAzox1deGCIxKu7jJGx37WjhYL3xtZfzPWLxFAKEQo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent:from; b=SH3acr61HjxKt/c8Hpdj8OLK8FKCgFzq9gFBbO7qiRMJds3TTikQRGb+44m9Vg/4hfhHzJZbO3oZZtI4qpAxq9EJ8K+WnnUWtu4O3WFwHkJU5NK8vXzqvFIwvvzWdmN1I3gvHzxfxxEo2yfNaz7xjLmyFu4h4utTt615ZEO2zsc= Received: by 10.78.189.5 with SMTP id m5mr15654493huf.74.1204474277006; Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:11:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ( [84.38.13.15]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j10sm8638707muh.16.2008.03.02.08.11.12 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:11:13 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 18:11:10 +0200 To: gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-mips] IP30: Gentoo installation without monitor & keyboard Message-ID: <20080302161110.GA4380@Vereniki.lan> References: <1204472839.5568.11.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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1204472839.5568.11.camel@ratlos> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) From: Panagiotis Christopoulos X-Archives-Salt: 634996aa-52c5-4057-8de0-d0ee5b695b0a X-Archives-Hash: e54fd694d2c044f3c6afcba0a6f4bb93 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