[ltp] Serial Console Install

[Jack Heim]

I'm trying to do a serial console install of linux on a Thinkpad 755. It's 
a 486 dx/100 with 24 Mb RAM. I don't need much because I'm blind and I 
don't run x -- it's character mode all the way for me.

I need to do a serial console install because I have a screen reader on my 
PC. I run a terminal emulator and that way I can listen to the output from 
the installation program. I'm installing slackware version... Shoot, I 
forgot which version but it's fairly recent.

but I'm not getting anything on my terminal emulator. From reading the list 
archives, I know that the serial port is disabled by default. I can't 
figure out how to enable it. I think I need a program called ps.exe.

I tried downloading a spsdit programs from the IBM web site but I couldn't 
get it to unarchive. I think it needs to be run on a Thinkpad and I can't 
do that because I have no screen reader on the Thinkpad.

Can someone help me get the right program to enable the serial port on my 
Thinkpad? 


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