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>Verify console operation</TITLE
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>Chapter 8. Reboot and test</TD
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>8.1. Verify console operation</H1
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>If possible, plug an <SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>RS-232</SPAN
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> breakout box
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into the serial port. During reboot the Data Terminal Ready line
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should become active and then the Transmit Data lights should flash
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as console messages appear.</P
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>Attach a modem, or a null modem cable and a terminal.
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Configure them to match the serial parameters used by the serial
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console port. If using a modem, dial in to it from a terminal
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emulator.</P
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>+++</B
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>AT Z</B
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>AT DT 1234-5678</B
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<TT
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>CONNECT 9600</TT
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>Configure the terminal or terminal emulator to match the
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serial parameters used by the serial console. If using a modern
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Hayes <SPAN
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>AT</SPAN
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>-style modem then the speed need not
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match. If using a directly-attached terminal then the speed must
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match.</P
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>Reboot the computer.</P
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>bash#</TT
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> <B
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>shutdown -r now</B
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>During reboot the terminal should see the usual boot loader
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text, and then the default kernel booting, then the
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<SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>init</SPAN
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> output, and finally the contents of
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<TT
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>/etc/issue</TT
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> and
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<SPAN
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>getty</SPAN
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> asking you to login.</P
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>LILO:
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Linux version …
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Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=306 BOOT_FILE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.3-12 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600n8
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…
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INIT version …
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…
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/etc/issue says "All your base are belong to us".
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remote.example.edu.au ttyS0 login:</PRE
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>If you do not see the <TT
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>login:</TT
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> message then
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press <B
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>Return</B
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> or <B
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>Enter</B
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