[Bug 48752] Re: [ia64] No serial entry in inittab after serial install

[Quomoow]

** Changed in: finish-install (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  [ia64] No serial entry in inittab after serial install

Status in finish-install package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  After completing an install of Dapper using the ia64 release CD I
  wasn't able to get a serial console login during the first boot of the
  installed system.  I tracked this down to a missing inittab entry:

  T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS3 115200 vt100

  After adding that to my inittab I was able to get a serial login using
  the MP's serial console.  I'm guessing that d-i determines whether to
  add this information based off whether the kernels cmdline contains
  'console=ttyS3' or not.  However, with kernels newer than 2.6.10 on
  ia64 systems (see Documentation/ia64/serial.txt), you no longer have
  to specify the console when booting the installer.

  Test system specs:

  Server: rx2620
  CPUs:   2x 1.6GHz Itanium2
  Memory: 16GB
  Storage:
     /dev/sda   73GB  ST373453LC
     /dev/sdb  147GB  MAP3147NC
     /dev/sdc   73GB  MAS3735NC
  PCI cards:
     Slot 1 - [AD144A] S2io Inc. Xframe 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X
     Slot 2 - [A7073A] Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5701 - Fibre Gigabit Ethernet
     Slot 3 - [A9900A] 2-port Intel 82546GB-Copper Gigabit Ethernet
     Slot 4 - [A9899A] 2-port Intel 82546GB-Fibre Gigabit Ethernet

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