Alright,
Will try it. I am sure this is a BIOS not a grub/lilo thing.
Thanks for reply.

> 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
>>> --
>>> Darrick Hartman
>>> DJH Solutions, LLC
>>> http://www.djhsolutions.com
>>>
>>>
>>
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