On 9/6/06, T. Horsnell <tsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 18:23 +0100, T. Horsnell wrote: >> How can I get an FC5 system to boot without a video adapter? >> At the moment, I cant even figure out how to tell grub that >> it has no VGA, let alone Linux. Any ideas anyone? >> >> Cheers, >> Terry >> > >Why does it matter? I usually setup headless machines using a serial >null cable: (AKA Serial console) >All you need to do is configure grub [1] (and BIOS?), add serial console But this is what I cant figure out how to do. How to configure grub so that it doesnt try to use video? Terry.
You seem to have missed the supplised links. http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO/configure-boot-loader-grub.html http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO/configure-kernel-grub.html http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO/getty-agetty.html Gilboa
