From: Tim Riker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Grub over serial line - status ! (I did a test version, itruns !)
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 18:19:47 -0600
> While these are nice to have, what happens in a CD boot environment?
You show me a good point. To be honest, I must say that I haven't
thought of it. Please give me some time to consider it. :-)
> Clearly you do not want all systems to use a serial console. Grub needs
> to detect the serial port and use it if there is no video card (at
> least). I could also listen on com1 for keyboard input and steer the
> menus there if someone hits a key.
Probably you are right. But is there any reliable solution to detect
if there is a video card or not? I just don't know.
Okuji
