>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 Apologies, Gilboa - I'm an idiot. Thanks for these. And to everyone else for their help. I'll get on and try now. Cheers, Terry. > >Gilboa > >-- >fedora-list mailing list >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
