Any way as of yet to edit the bios settings this way, if I recompile, I'll probably have to add apm in the kernel to get linux to actually power the machine off like windows does. At 11:59 PM 10/15/01 -0600, you wrote: >More to the point, Red Hat has to support lots of different >machines, including headless servers, so they compile just about >everything imaginable into the kernel and modules package, >including, of course, console redirection, and they document that >in their manuals. If you look at their kernel config files, >which get installed as >/usr/src/linux-2.*/configs/kernel-2*86.config, you will find a >line that says: > >CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y > >Or in other words, unless you compile your own kernel, this >should be a non-issue -- console redirection should always work, >and new users should never have to worry about this, and should >not be confused this way. > >Just as an interesting aside, since another thread discussed the >fact that console redirection is routine for all sorts of Unixen; >if you look at /usr/doc/kernel-doc-2.2.19/serial-console.txt, you >will find that there are all sorts of ways to redirect your >console output. You can, for instance, just pull your video card >out of the machine, and it will automatically go to the first >serial port; no boot line redirection is necessary in this case. >There are also instructions there as to how to get lilo to work >through the serial port. > >LCR > >On Mon, 15 Oct 2001, Janina Sajka wrote: > >> This is correct. The kernel must be compiled with support for console over >> serial. >> >> On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 cstrobel@crosslink.net wrote: >> >> > As I recall, you have to have a Kernel compiled with serial console >> > support enabled. > >-- >L. C. Robinson >reply to no_spam+munged_lcr@onewest.net.invalid > >People buy MicroShaft for compatibility, but get incompatibility and >instability instead. This is award winning "innovation". Find >out how MS holds your data hostage with "The *Lens*"; see >"CyberSnare" at http://www.netaction.org/msoft/cybersnare.html > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >