Thanks a lot, this BIOS setting works for us too. Best regards,
Ingo Marco Pamio wrote: > from BIOS: > > set ConMute=Enabled > > This allow GRUB to continue to boot if the serial cable is not connected. > For me it worked (I use ZeroShell (www.zeroshell.net) as Captive Portal). > -- > Marco Pamio > University of Udine - Italy > > > worksoft ha scritto: >> So, here is what happens: >> I've switched from net4801 to a new net5501. I am using the same HDD as >> before which worked find under 4801. >> So regardless of the grub/lilo - is definitely something with 5501 - for >> my case anyways. I have swapped then to net4801 and the thing runs fine - >> it boots (hot/cold) without the need of serial console. >> >> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>>> Confirm , same happens here, >>>> I shut down my box, and when plugged in, I waited like 5 min and nothing >>>> happened. >>>> Once I connected my null serial onto my monitor, it started to boot up. >>>> Hopefully we get a hint of what is going on. >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> We have a Soekris net5501 using a Slackware distribution on it. >>>>> However, >>>>> if there is no serial cable attached, we encounter a boot delay of >>>>> about >>>>> 10 minutes. Is there a BIOS setting or something to circumvent this >>>>> behaviour? >>>>> >>> Sounds like the bootloader (is Slackware still using lilo?) is waiting >>> for a console to be ready before booting. Can you post your lilo.conf >>> (or grub.conf if they switched to grub)? >>> >>> Darrick _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
