Package: grub-installer Version: 1.22 Severity: minor We have some dell boxes with BIOS set to redirect console output to serial after boot (that's the default).
When using a proper serial console, this breaks the display (so that you can't see the grub messages). This is fair enough. However, since there is no timeout set, it "hangs" the box at this point which is suboptimal. There is an easy fix - specify a timeout (this is _separate_ from the normal grub timeout option which is also set FWIW). By changing the grub config from: serial --unit=0 --speed=57600 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1 terminal serial to serial --unit=0 --speed=57600 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1 terminal --timeout=10 serial then the boot continues after 10 seconds. When the box is remotely admined this saves considerable hassle :-) Should just be a couple of extra words in get_serial_console function. Adrian -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -*- GPG key available on public key servers Debian GNU/Linux - the maintainable distribution -*- www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
