On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 17:15 +0100, Will McDonald wrote: > On 25/08/06, William L. Maltby <BillsCentOS@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > And I still don't, but maybe a clue? Kernel parameter *if* allowed. I'm > > > looking for the list of those on my machine now. Haven't found them yet, > > > but ... > > > > Was having so much fun, forgot to make my suggestion, based upon the man > > page. Maybe TERM=linux-m at end of grub line vmlinuz... ? Tried this, NG. But with what Will discovered below, maybe the OP is approaching nirvana? I think I need to read up on grub. I also tried the "append=" stuff, but no help (I didn't read up on it, I wonder if I used the rght syntax? Maybe that's only a LILO construct?). > > There's further documentation in > /usr/share/doc/initscripts-7.93.24.EL/sysconfig.txt about the options > in /etc/sysconfig/init. The grub man page's a bit sparse but the info > page is more forthcoming. Under the "* Serial terminal::" section... > > grub> serial --unit=0 --speed=9600 > grub> terminal serial > > The command `terminal' (*note terminal::) chooses which type of > terminal you want to use. In the case above, the terminal will be a > serial terminal, but you can also pass `console' to the command, as > `terminal serial console'. In this case, a terminal in which you press > any key will be selected as a GRUB terminal. > > However, note that GRUB assumes that your terminal emulator is > compatible with VT100 by default. This is true for most terminal > emulators nowadays, but you should pass the option `--dumb' to the > command if your terminal emulator is not VT100-compatible or implements > few VT100 escape sequences. If you specify this option then GRUB > provides you with an alternative menu interface, because the normal > menu requires several fancy features of your terminal. > > There could be more in there but my "info" navigation's useless :) IIUC, all this, including the "man init" statement about receiving CONSOLE from kernel, relates only to devices, but doesn't help on the "terminal type" (TERM=). I'll take one last stab by "info grub", viewing the /usr/share/doc/initscripts-7.93.24.EL/sysconfig.txt Will discovered and then move on to things I need to do. > > Will > <snip sig stuff> -- Bill
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