IBM HS40 Setup Guide - Page 26

2. Add the following line after the tty6 line at the bottom of the /etc/securetty file to enable a user to log in as the root user through the SOL console: ttyS1 3. Complete the following steps to modify the /boot/grub/menu.lst file: a. Comment out the gfxmenu... line by adding a # at the beginning of the line. b. Add the following line before the first title... line: # This will allow you to only Monitor the OS boot via SOL c. Add the following text to the end of the first title... line: SOL Monitor d. Add the following text to the end of the kernel... line of the first title... section: console=ttyS1,19200 console=tty1 e. Add the following lines between the first two title... sections: # This will allow you to Interact with the OS boot via SOL title linux SOL Interactive kernel (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 acpi=oldboot vga=791 console=tty1 console=ttyS1,19200 initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd Note: The entry beginning with kernel (hd0,1) is shown with a line break after vga=791. In your file, the entire entry must all be on one line. The following samples show the original content of the /boot/grub/menu.lst file and the content of this file after modification. Original /boot/grub/menu.lst contents Notes gfxmanu (hd0,1)/boot/message color white/blue black/light-gray default 0 timeout 8 title linux kernel (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 acpi=oldboot vga=791 initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd title floppy root chainloader +1 title failsafe kernal (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz.shipped root=/dev/hda2 ide=nodma apm=off vga=normal nosmp 1 disableapic maxcpus=0 3 initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd.shipped Note 1: The entry beginning with kernel (hd0,1) is shown with a line break after nosmp. In your file, the entire entry must all be on one line. 20 BladeCenter: Serial over LAN Setup Guide