#96 live-getty option doesn't work

[Max Kosmach]

When I try to use serial console with clonezilla - it doesn't work.
I add 2 options - live-getty and console=ttyS0,115200n8 to kernel parameters
I see boot progress on ttyS0, but after that nobackup/restore processes starting on ttyS0

Last lines on ttyS0:
Starting to prepare Clonezilla live env...
Live media is in /live/image
Updating /etc/ocs/ocs-live.conf based on kernel parameters if found... done!
Configuring keyboard...
Trying to arm the wake on LAN for eth0... eth1... eth2... done!
Found ocs_prerun* parameter in boot parameters...
The order to run: ocs_prerun
**************************
Now run "ocs_prerun": /live/image/addscr.sh...
Finished Clonezilla live env preparing...

PS. restore process started if I change inittab:
-#T0:23:respawn:/bin/login -f user </dev/tty >/dev/tty 2>&1
+T0:23:respawn:/bin/login -f user </dev/ttyS0 >/dev/ttyS0 2>&1

and run telinit q

PS. small bug - please ignore console=tty0 parameter
usually users add something like console=tty0 console=ttyS0,XXXX to kernel parameters to see boot process on both real and serial console

[Steven Shiau]

Please tell us which version of Clonezilla live you tried, it's easier for us to reproduce the problem.
Thanks.

Steven.

[Alex Perez]

I am also experiencing this problem. This is still an issue as of 1.2.8-23

[Alex Perez]

For anyone who stumbles across this, this can be hacked around by appending the following to the arguments sent to clonezilla in the pxelinux.cfg file you're using:

ocs_prerun="sed -i -e '/[1-6]:23:/ d' -e '/1:2345:respawn/ d'" ocs_prerun1="sed -i -e s@#T0@T0@g -e s@dev/tty@dev/ttyS0@g /etc/inittab" ocs_prerun2="telinit q"

[Alex Perez]

the first line in my previous comment is missing a critical component, and should look like:

ocs_prerun="sed -i -e '/[1-6]:23:/ d' -e '/1:2345:respawn/ d' /etc/inittab"

[Steven Shiau]

I can not reproduce the problem here.
FYI:
The boot parameters I used and working here (for pxelinux/syslinux/isolinux):
label Clonezilla-live
MENU DEFAULT
# MENU HIDE
MENU LABEL Clonezilla Live 1.2.8-46-i486 (Ramdisk)
# MENU PASSWD
KERNEL Clonezilla-live-vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=Clonezilla-live-initrd.img boot=live config noswap nolocales edd=on nomodeset ocs_live_run="ocs-live-general" ocs_live_extra_param="" ocs_live_keymap="" ocs_live_batch="no" ocs_lang="" vga=788 nosplash noprompt fetch=tftp://192.168.1.182/Clonezilla-live-filesystem.squashfs ocs_server="192.168.1.182" live-getty console=ttyS1,38400n81

TEXT HELP
Clonezilla Live 1.2.8-46-i486 runs on RAM
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Steven.