Re: Grub serial console question
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:26:58 +0000
David Goodenough <david.goodenough@btconnect.com> wrote:
> 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
Reread the HOWTO. It seams grub.conf is RedHat specific. menu.lst is the grub default.
Andrei
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