On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 18:45 +0100, T. Horsnell wrote: > >On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 18:23 +0100, T. Horsnell wrote: > >> How can I get an FC5 system to boot without a video adapter? > >> At the moment, I cant even figure out how to tell grub that > >> it has no VGA, let alone Linux. Any ideas anyone? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Terry > >> > > > >Why does it matter? I usually setup headless machines using a serial > >null cable: (AKA Serial console) > >All you need to do is configure grub [1] (and BIOS?), add serial console > > But this is what I cant figure out how to do. How to configure > grub so that it doesnt try to use video? > > Terry. > Did you read reference [1] below ? > > >support to the kernel command line [2] and add a serial console to > >inittab [3]. > > > >- Gilboa > > > >[1] > >http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO/configure-boot-loader-grub.html > >[2] > >http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO/configure-kernel-grub.html > >[3] > >http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO/getty-agetty.html > > > > > >-- > >fedora-list mailing list > >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
