Packet Xchange wrote: > Hello: > > Can any one be so kind to tell me how to make fedora core 5 to boot in > a headless configuration. The machine does not have a video card and am > redirecting all output to the serial interface which works find as long > as I boot fedora with the video card enable. As soon as I disable the > video card fedora does not boot nor echos anything to the terminal > console. Thanks for all the help. > > > Packet, > > You may find the serial-console.txt file in the kernel documentation helpful. You should also make sure that you are ether booting to run level 3, or that you are not starting a local X server. I don't know for sure, but I suspect that you also need to disable the virtual console entries in /etc/inittab. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!