Samuel Thibault writes: > Should rather be > > linux console=ttyS0,9600n8 > > or just > > linux console=ttyS0 > > since 9600n8 is already the default. Thank you. I am learning all sorts of useful things. I heard back from a member of the ubuntu discussion all ready and also got good news which I will share. to get a serial console started from a standard ubuntu-server Version 8 CDROM, you do the following: 1. Install the CDROM and boot. 2. After the system has started, hit Enter once which selects English on the language selection screen. 3. Hit F6 which is a boot options line and backspace 3 times. 4. Type console=ttyS0 and hit Enter It worked and I am now in the midst of building a server. Short of having it magically figure out that one needs a serial console on boot, this is about as good as it gets. Actually, that last part would be nice but it is probably not feasible due to the tremendous variation in hardware and BIOS setup configuration. Martin McCormick _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list