Thanks for the help -- I was able to track down a way to get on the serial
port.  But... I still can't get the LCD to work.  The boot log shows
several of these:

/etc/rc: cannot create /dev/lcd: read-only file system

And I'm (pretty) sure I used the directions as you mentioned, as root.

KJ

>
> On Jul 13, 2005, at 12:38 AM, Kevin Jordan wrote:
>
>> I'm a bit confused.  Tonight I preformed a fresh install using the 2.0
>> rescue disc linked here recently on a Raq2 with a new Samsung 120GB
>> drive.
>>  Followed along on the LCD and everything appeared to go well.  The
>> machine rebooted, "Starting up...", then nothing but a blank LCD.
>>
>
>  From Andreas' how-to <http://www.aironaut.ch/content/view/19/53/>
>
> - for the panel to run
>      /dev/MAKEDEV panel
>      rm /dev/lcd
>      ln -s /dev/panel0 /dev/lcd
>
> but you need to get in somehow for that edit :(  I didnt' try it on
> my Qube2, I leave paneld off anyway due to the load.
>
> I guess you could add it to the boot CD script someplace.
>
>> Without a serial console to patch into, how do I know what the IP
>> address
>> of the machine is and whether or not it is even coming up?  Is the LCD
>> just dead for this 2.0 release?  The HD churns for a while similar
>> to the
>> startup procedure I was used to on 1.6.1, but there is no feedback
>> on the
>> LCD -- which I miss dearly!
>>
>
> FWIW, I could not see that the 2.0 install pulled an IP successfuly
> from my DHCP server, I had to set one by hand thru console.
> I'm not sure if that experience is typical or not, but at least one
> other poster asked about it I think.
>
> Can you look at your router DHCP table and see if someone new has
> shown up?  According to my router, no one did....
>
>> Thanks for any and all responses,
>
> Sorry I don't have a good fix.  It's a little hard without a serial
> console.
>
> Brian
>
>