Re: [iPAQ] 3800 stowaway howto?

jonathan chetwynd <j.chetwynd@btinternet.com> writes:

> thank you so much, we are not quite there but...
>
> added # to
>
> /etc/inittab script
>
> thus:
> # T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L /dev/ttySA0 115200 vt100
>
> rebooted: quick press on reset button with pen.

It may not have been completely clear from the previous explanation. You
*must* put this line in /boot/params:

        noinitrd root=/dev/mtdblock1 init=/linuxrc

Without it, you'd still have console output directed to the serial port, so
you'd be unable to open the serial port for stowaway use.

You must *create* /boot/params (you indicated that the file didn't exist,
previously) and put the above line in it. The simple command:

        echo "noinitrd root=/dev/mtdblock1 init=/linuxrc" > /boot/params

should do what you want.

Then reboot.

Derrell
Received on Wed May 08 12:38:12 2002