installing via serial

[Tyler Littlefield]

I can proly figure it out through the conf file.
I'll see what some digging around on google gives--I haven't found much for 
debian yet, and that's my main one.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Moore" <tom at tomstroubleshooting.com>
To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" 
<speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 2:14 PM
Subject: RE: installing via serial


>I know most linux distros can be installed via serial, just don't remember
> the procedures for the different distros.
>
> As for FreeBSD you'll need to modify the boot floppy in /boot/loader.conf 
> I
> believe it is to enable serial support for the install.
> The FreeBSD topic for install is OT for this list so if you'd like to hit 
> me
> privately about this feel free.
>
> Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca 
> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of Tyler Littlefield
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 4:06 PM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: installing via serial
>
> Hello list,
> I'd like to be able to do a self-install of debian, and other OS's as 
> well.
> Is there a way that I can make any of the following use a serial install?
> I can get SecureCRT and get me a null-modem cable and a pci-serial card, 
> and
> run the install through SecureCRT--and it might be better than buying an
> external synth:
> slack,
> gentu,
> debian,
> mandrake,
> fedora
> also bsd would be fun to play with--if I had serial, I wouldn't have to 
> rely
> on ssh as well.
>
> Thanks,
> ~~TheCreator~~
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