The example shows console=ttyS1,57600 added to only the first option.Configuring Linux for Server Serial Console Redirection After BootEdit the /etc/inittab file as follows:Add a new line to configure agetty on the COM2 serial port:co:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -h -L 57600 ttyS1ansiThe following example shows the file with the new line.## inittab This file describes how the INIT process# should set up the system in a certain# run-level.## Author: Miquel van Smoorenburg# Modified for RHS Linux by Marc Ewing and# Donnie Barnes## Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:# 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)# 1 - Single user mode# 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you# do not have networking)# 3 - Full multiuser mode# 4 - unused# 5 - X11# 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)#id:3:initdefault:# System initialization.si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinitl0:0:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 0l1:1:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 1l2:2:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 2l3:3:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 3l4:4:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 4l5:5:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 5l6:6:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 6# Things to run in every runlevel.ud::once:/sbin/update# Trap CTRL-ALT-DELETEca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now# When our UPS tells us power has failed, assume wehave a few# minutes of power left. Schedule a shutdown for 2minutes from now.# This does, of course, assume you have powerinstalled and your# UPS is connected and working correctly.pf::powerfail:/sbin/shutdown -f -h +2 "Power Failure;System Shutting Down"# If power was restored before the shutdown kicked in,cancel it.pr:12345:powerokwait:/sbin/shutdown -c "PowerRestored; Shutdown Cancelled"# Run gettys in standard runlevelsco:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -h -L 57600 ttyS1 ansi1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty12:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty23:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty34:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty45:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty56:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6# Run xdm in runlevel 5141
