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Hi,
I have a seemingly simple question; I have a live working Arch install which I configured for serial support using the instructions here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wo … al_console
Everything works fine; I see the console redirection, and can use the remote system without a problem using minicom. My question is that whenever I boot (from seemingly any) Arch install CD; the output either doesn't appear on the screen, or is gabled. I have tried multiple terminal emulators including screen and minicom.
So, since it works in my live install, I know that I have the right cable and my serial cable is configured properly. Could anybody speculate why I can't get this to work with the install CD? It is my understanding that the installer has natively supported serial for some time. I have tried multiple versions of the Arch CD, and none seem to work.
Thank-you so much for reading my post and hopefully answering my question.
Dan Sullivan
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I actually figured this out, at least on the new CD. I had to uncomment the following line in /etc/inittab in a newer arch cd:
s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 9600 ttyS0 linux
or simply add this one in an older one:
s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 9600 ttyS0 linux
Then change the runlevel from 3 to 2 and back to 3 again (using init 2 then init 3)
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