Re: Grub serial console question

[David Goodenough <david.goodenough@btconnect.com>]

On Friday 17 March 2006 11:56, David Goodenough wrote:
> Using Debian grub (unstable) where do I put the serial and terminal lines.
>
> The /boot/grub directory as installed by the current installer does not
> seem to have a /boot/grub/grub.conf file, nor a /etc/grub.conf.  The
> HOWTOs for serial console all suggest that this is the right place to put
> the lines:-
>
> serial --unit=0 --speed=9600
> terminal --timeout=10 serial console
>
> (or whatever speed you want).
>
> I therefore created such a file (/boot/grub/grub.conf) but it had no
> effect.
>
> Given the way that grub has been built for Debian unstable where
> should these lines be?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> David
Well I think I found the answer myself.  The answer appears to be
/boot/grub/menu.lst.  I will suggest to the HOWTO writers that they
should mention this for Debian users.

David