Hi Jason, I have the console set up to work at the moment. I booted up the system and then set an append line in the lilo.conf file like append="console=tttyS0,9600" I also changed the systty link in /dev as some documentation I foudn suggests, although this really doesn't appear to make a lot of difference. This gives me one log-in prompt. I cannot switch consoles with the ctrl-alt-Fn keys as some documentation claims. Will the line you suggested 7:respawn:/sbin/agetty ttyS0 9600 vt100 add this functionality? Please explain the advantages to adding this line. Thanks. ** Travis Roth www.TravisRoth.com travis@travisroth.com -----Original Message----- Hello Travis, There are a few ways to do this. The simplest way is to pull the video card from the linux system. If the linux console driver does not see a video card in the system, it will default to ttyS0. The other eay to do it is to boot into rescue mode from the redhat installation disk. Once you are up in rescue mode, you can change to /mnt/sysimage and edit your grub.conf file and add the console= line there. No matter how you do it, you will need to add a line to /etc/inittab so you can get a login prompt on the serial port. The line I use is something like this: 7:respawn:/sbin/agetty ttyS0 9600 vt100 There are different versions of getty on the system, but htis is the one I use. On Sat, 25 May 2002, Travis Roth wrote: > Hello, > > I installed redhat 7.3 using the console mode. When I booted with the installation floppy I used this line > linux console=ttyS0 > > However, now that Redhat is installed it wants to boot into regular monitor viewing mode. > How do I get the console mode set so that it boots up in console mode? I always want to access this machine through ttyS0. > Thanks. > > > ** Travis Roth > www.TravisRoth.com > travis@travisroth.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list