john p looney stated the following on thu aug NUMBER NUMBER at NUMBER NUMBER NUMBERpm NUMBER i m not sure what exactly is wrong with this but i can t get a redhat NUMBER NUMBER box to use ttysNUMBER as a console the relevant bits of boot grub grub conf are serial unit NUMBER speed NUMBER terminal timeout NUMBER console serial title linux root hdNUMBER NUMBER kernel boot bzimage ro root dev mdNUMBER console ttysNUMBER NUMBERnNUMBER that NUMBER is unneeded and is probably whats upsetting your kernel we use console ttysNUMBER NUMBERnNUMBER but the NUMBER is mainly cos we are a cisco shop and its to keepo everyhting the same colin design is like a religion too much of it makes you inflexibly and unpopular linus torvalds irish linux users group ilug URL URL for un subscription information list maintainer listmaster URL 