On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 14:34 -0700, Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote: > Hi. FC4 on x86. Is it possible to enable serial console on the fly, > without reboot? Need to capture SysRq kernel dump on a production > server. > > Best, > -at > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Add the following line to your inittab. s1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L <serial port> <speed> <terminal emulation) E.g. s1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L ttyS0 57600 vt100 When you're done, just issue "init q" as root. It'll start the serial port. Gilboa
