Installation Using a Serial Terminal

You can also install Red Hat Linux/SPARC using a serial terminal attached to your SPARC system. Any terminal which can emulate a VT100 (or a computer with terminal emulation software) will work fine. Boot as you would normally, and at the SILO prompt enter:

boot net console=ttyS0

The installation program runs on the first serial port at 9600 baud, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit (often called 9600,8,N,1). The installation program can run in color, if your serial terminal supports color. Note that a computer running kermit and connected to your SPARC system will display in color.

At any prompt dialog during a serial installation (any dialog with an Ok button), you can press Ctrl-Z to start a subshell. To return to the installation program, enter exit at the shell prompt.

When the installation is complete, simply boot normally, and Red Hat Linux should appear on your serial terminal.

Please Note: If you want to have a "headless" installation, you must use a serial terminal to perform the installation, and make sure you disable GPM.