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From: Hank Hampel <lists@niamodnikufesin.de>
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Hi everybody!

On (040507), Rob wrote:
> Funny, that I'm struggling with opposite problem: I do not get the
> boot messages over the serial cable, but do get the login prompt,
> which I do not understand :(.

To get your machine to display the boot messages on the serial console
just do the following as root:
echo -DP >/boot.config

On boot the keyboard is probed and if no keyboard is present the
serial console is selected.


Best regards, Hank

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