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authorTom Fitzhenry <tom@tom-fitzhenry.me.uk>2021-04-10 19:06:17 +1000
committerTom Fitzhenry <tom@tom-fitzhenry.me.uk>2021-05-24 17:29:19 +1000
commit81e04717e8f30496ec9ec9edb6b0588deca41ee2 (patch)
treef910017633e182d221e20758b0411db4bfa26afa
parentecd2d63dfded6ebe8020143d59c130d2939c42d0 (diff)
nixos/manual: document how to install over a serial port
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/58198
-rw-r--r--nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
index 02f6bd6bed4e1..f03b9443d23ba 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@
    to increase the font size.
   </para>
 
+  <para>
+    To install over a serial port connect with <literal>115200n8</literal>
+    (e.g. <command>picocom -b 115200 /dev/ttyUSB0</command>). When the
+    bootloader lists boot entries, select the serial console boot entry.
+  </para>
+
   <section xml:id="sec-installation-booting-networking">
    <title>Networking in the installer</title>