[linux-lvm] serial console and initrd

[Goetz Bock]

On Thu, Mar 21 '02 at 15:44, John Wingenbach wrote:
> I could use a little help on this one.  I just built an initrd (via
> lvmcreate_initrc) so that I could boot w/ my root fs in LVM.  It worked
> great except I lost my serial console.  It is as if the serial console
> is lost due to the initrd.  Prior to using an init ramdisk, I was having
> no issues with my serial console support from the kernel.
Just to make shure, you have
- support for serial console build into your kernel
- the console=ttS/0 (or what ever you need for your serial console)
  kernel parameter (in the lilo append line)

Cu,
    Goetz.