I know what you are speaking about .... But there is a solution. You have to set `--timeout=0' (!) in the `terminal' line, and the system is usabe for serial line only.
With friendly regards Christoph P. "Svein E. Seldal" wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have a server, Celeron 266 running RedHat 7.2. The grub-version used is > the original rh72 installation; grub-0.90-11. > > I'm trying to run everything from the serialport because I normally dont > have a monitor nor a keyboard. To enable the serialport, I have added the > following to /etc/grub.conf: > > serial --unit=0 --speed=9600 > terminal --timeout=5 serial console > > When I try it out, I get first a "Press any key." message on both VGA and > the serialport. When I press a key on the serial console, the input focus is > given to the serial console, and I can select the appropriate boot-image > using the up and down arrows on the serial terminal. However, the terminal > output (i.e. the menus and console) is sent to the VGA screen instead of the > serial console. IMHO this is not good, because it would require me to have a > VGA monitor anyhow. Can I route the output to the serial console instead, > making it possible for me to see what selection I'm making? > > Regards, > Svein E. Seldal > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-grub mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub -- +--------V--------+ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | A L C A T E L | ----------------------------- +-----------------+ Phone: +43 1 27722 3706 T A S Fax: +43 1 27722 3955 _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub