Sophie: howto-html-en-20080722-2mdv2010.1 noarch

howto-html-en-20080722-2mdv2010.1.noarch.rpm

<HTML
><HEAD
><TITLE
>Configuration overview</TITLE
><META
NAME="GENERATOR"
CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK
REL="HOME"
TITLE="Remote Serial Console HOWTO"
HREF="index.html"><LINK
REL="UP"
TITLE="Introduction"
HREF="intro.html"><LINK
REL="PREVIOUS"
TITLE="Alternative meanings of console"
HREF="intro-word.html"><LINK
REL="NEXT"
TITLE="Preparation"
HREF="preparation.html"></HEAD
><BODY
CLASS="SECTION"
BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
TEXT="#000000"
LINK="#0000FF"
VLINK="#840084"
ALINK="#0000FF"
><DIV
CLASS="NAVHEADER"
><TABLE
SUMMARY="Header navigation table"
WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
CELLPADDING="0"
CELLSPACING="0"
><TR
><TH
COLSPAN="3"
ALIGN="center"
>Remote Serial Console HOWTO</TH
></TR
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="10%"
ALIGN="left"
VALIGN="bottom"
><A
HREF="intro-word.html"
ACCESSKEY="P"
>Prev</A
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="80%"
ALIGN="center"
VALIGN="bottom"
>Chapter 1. Introduction</TD
><TD
WIDTH="10%"
ALIGN="right"
VALIGN="bottom"
><A
HREF="preparation.html"
ACCESSKEY="N"
>Next</A
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
><HR
ALIGN="LEFT"
WIDTH="100%"></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECTION"
><H1
CLASS="SECTION"
><A
NAME="INTRO-CONFIG"
></A
>1.4. Configuration overview</H1
><P
>There are five major steps to configuring a serial
   console.</P
><DIV
CLASS="PROCEDURE"
><OL
TYPE="1"
><LI
><P
>Optionally, the <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>BIOS</SPAN
> may be configured
     to use the serial port.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>If needed, the boot loader may be configured to use the
     serial port.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>The Linux kernel must be configured to use the serial port
     as its console.  This is done by passing the kernel the
     <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>console</TT
> parameter when the kernel is started
     by the boot loader.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>The <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>init</SPAN
> system should keep a
     process running to monitor the serial console for logins.  The
     monitoring process is traditionally called
     <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>getty</SPAN
>.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>A number of system utilities need to be configured to make
     them aware of the console, or configured to prevent them from
     disrupting the console.</P
></LI
></OL
></DIV
><P
>Examples in this <I
CLASS="CITETITLE"
>HOWTO</I
> are from
   <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>Red Hat Linux</SPAN
> versions
   <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNUMBER"
>7.1</SPAN
> through to
   <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNUMBER"
>7.3</SPAN
> (released 2001 through to 2002).
   The maintainer would appreciate updates when new versions of
   <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>Red Hat Linux</SPAN
> appear.  The maintainer
   would very much appreciate examples for <SPAN
CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
>Linux</SPAN
> distributions that are dissimilar
   to <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>Red Hat Linux</SPAN
>; particularly
   <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>Debian GNU/Linux</SPAN
> and
   <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>Slackware Linux</SPAN
>.  All contributors are
   acknowledged in <A
HREF="about-credits.html"
>Section G.3</A
>.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="NAVFOOTER"
><HR
ALIGN="LEFT"
WIDTH="100%"><TABLE
SUMMARY="Footer navigation table"
WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
CELLPADDING="0"
CELLSPACING="0"
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="left"
VALIGN="top"
><A
HREF="intro-word.html"
ACCESSKEY="P"
>Prev</A
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="34%"
ALIGN="center"
VALIGN="top"
><A
HREF="index.html"
ACCESSKEY="H"
>Home</A
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="right"
VALIGN="top"
><A
HREF="preparation.html"
ACCESSKEY="N"
>Next</A
></TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="left"
VALIGN="top"
>Alternative meanings of <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"console"</SPAN
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="34%"
ALIGN="center"
VALIGN="top"
><A
HREF="intro.html"
ACCESSKEY="U"
>Up</A
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="right"
VALIGN="top"
>Preparation</TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
></BODY
></HTML
>