#!/bin/sh echo "Enabling the serial console..." #683124 requires the cmdline patch, and #444026 is for GRUB_TERMINAL: sed -i -e '/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=/s/"$/ console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8&/' \ -e '/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=/s/=" /="/' \ -e '/^GRUB_TERMINAL=/s/serial/"& console"/' \ /etc/default/grub update-grub sed -i '/ttyS0/s/^#//;/ttyS0/s/9600 vt100/115200 linux/' /etc/inittab