Debian中配置serial console

1. To have configruation changes persistent in Debian, you may not edit /boot/grub/grub.cfg directly, but need to edit/add the appropiate lines in /etc/default/grub:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600n8"
GRUB_TERMINAL=console
GRUB_SERIAL_COMMAND="serial --speed=115200 --unit=0 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1"

2. To get a login promt on serial you need to modify /etc/inittab to:

1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1 2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2 3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3 4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4 5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5 6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6 # Serial console s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty -L 115200 ttyS0 vt102

3. To authorize root to log in through the serial console, you need to edit /etc/securetty and make sure you have:

ttyS0