On 12 Mar 2003, Liberty Young wrote:
>
>
> Have a quick question for you all out there:
>
> Does LILO allow
> "console=tty1 console=ttyS1,9600n8"
>
> in order for kernel messages to be put through BOTH the vga device and
> COM2?? Or will it just ignore the last one and only put stuff out
> through vga?
>
This will put the kernel messages through to both destinations. I just
setup a box to do this very thing about three weeks ago. 2.4, if you're
wondering.
> I was under the belief that the _kernel_ won't allow use both (in a 2.2
> OR a 2.4 kernel)
>
Stock RedHat kernel will allow this, your distribution may not. It's a
parameter definable at build time. Check the "Remote Serial Console
HowTo" for more info:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO/
TJ
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