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GRUB configuration, Modified /etc/lilo.conf contents

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Modified /etc/lilo.conf contents prompt timeout=50 default=linux-Monitor boot=/dev/hda #map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b #message=/boot/message linear # This will allow you to only Monitor the OS boot via SOL image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.12smp label=linux-Monitor initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.9-e.12smp.img read-only root=/dev/hda6 append="console=ttyS1,19200n8 console=tty1" # This will allow you to Interact with the OS boot via SOL image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.12smp label=linux-Interact initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.9-e.12smp.img read-only root=/dev/hda6 append="console=tty1 console=ttyS1,19200n8 " image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.12 label=linux-up initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.9-e.12.img read-only root=/dev/hda6 2. Type lilo and then press Enter to store and activate the LILO configuration. When the Linux operating system starts, a LILO boot: prompt is displayed instead of the graphical user interface. Pressing Tab while at this prompt will install all of the boot options that are listed. To load the operating system in interactive mode, type linux-Interact and then press Enter. GRUB configuration If you are using GRUB, complete the following steps to modify the /boot/grub/grub.conf file: 1. Comment out the splashimage=... line by adding a # at the beginning of this line. 2. Add the following line before the first title=... line: # This will allow you to only Monitor the OS boot via SOL 3. Append the following text to the first title=... line: SOL Monitor Chapter 3. Operating system configuration 17

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Modified /etc/lilo.conf contents
prompt
timeout=50
default=linux-Monitor
boot=/dev/hda
#map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
#message=/boot/message
linear
# This will allow you to only Monitor the OS boot via SOL
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.12smp
label=linux-Monitor
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.9-e.12smp.img
read-only
root=/dev/hda6
append="console=ttyS1,19200n8 console=tty1"
# This will allow you to Interact with the OS boot via SOL
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.12smp
label=linux-Interact
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.9-e.12smp.img
read-only
root=/dev/hda6
append="console=tty1 console=ttyS1,19200n8 "
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.12
label=linux-up
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.9-e.12.img
read-only
root=/dev/hda6
2.
Type
lilo
and then press Enter to store and activate the LILO configuration.
When the Linux operating system starts, a
LILO boot:
prompt is displayed instead
of the graphical user interface. Pressing Tab while at this prompt will install all of
the boot options that are listed. To load the operating system in interactive mode,
type
linux-Interact
and then press Enter.
GRUB configuration
If you are using GRUB, complete the following steps to modify the
/boot/grub/grub.conf file:
1.
Comment out the
splashimage=...
line by adding a
#
at the beginning of this
line.
2.
Add the following line before the first
title=...
line:
# This will allow you to only Monitor the OS boot via SOL
3.
Append the following text to the first
title=...
line:
SOL Monitor
Chapter 3. Operating system configuration
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