Add some details about serial console boot parameter.

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml b/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml
index 5d3ea47a0..0a1dcdf00 100644
--- a/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml
+++ b/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ common gotchas are included below in
 
 </para>
 
-<para arch="linux-any" condition="supports-serial-console">
+  <sect2 id="boot-console" arch="linux-any" condition="supports-serial-console">
+  <title>Boot console</title>
+
+<para>
 
 If you are booting with a serial console, generally the kernel will
 autodetect this.
@@ -38,8 +41,15 @@ to pass the
 argument to the kernel, where <replaceable>device</replaceable> is
 your serial device, which is usually something like
 <filename>ttyS0</filename>.
-<footnote>
-<para>
+
+</para><para>
+
+You may need to specify parameters for the serial port, such as speed and
+parity, for instance <userinput>console=ttyS0,9600n8</userinput> ; other typical
+speeds may be 57600 or 115200.
+
+</para><para>
+
 In order to ensure the terminal type used by the installer matches your
 terminal emulator, the parameter
 <userinput>TERM=<replaceable>type</replaceable></userinput> can be added.
@@ -51,11 +61,10 @@ virtualization tool which does not provide conversion into such terminals types
 itself, e.g. QEMU/KVM, you can start it inside a <command>screen</command>
 session. That will indeed perform translation into the <literal>screen</literal>
 terminal type, which is very close to <literal>vt102</literal>.
-</para>
 
-</footnote>
+</para>
 
-</para><para arch="sparc">
+<para arch="sparc">
 
 For &arch-title; the serial devices are <filename>ttya</filename> or
 <filename>ttyb</filename>.
@@ -65,6 +74,7 @@ Alternatively, set the <envar>input-device</envar> and
 
 </para>
 
+  </sect2>
 
   <sect2 id="installer-args"><title>&debian; Installer Parameters</title>
 <para>