Re: booting with no video adapter

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On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 18:45 +0100, T. Horsnell 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.
> 
Did you read reference [1] below ?

> 
> >support to the kernel command line [2] and add a serial console to
> >inittab [3].
> >
> >- Gilboa
> >
> >[1]
> >http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO/configure-boot-loader-grub.html
> >[2]
> >http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO/configure-kernel-grub.html
> >[3]
> >http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO/getty-agetty.html
> >
> >
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