LILO
Janina Sajka
janina at rednote.net
Mon Oct 20 18:20:15 UTC 2003
Jef Spaleta writes:
> From: Jef Spaleta <jspaleta at princeton.edu>
>
> Janina Sajka wrote:
>
> > 2.) Interface to a serial device
>
> From the commands info subsection of the grub infopage:
>
> general commands:
> * serial:: Set up a serial device
> - Command: serial [`--unit=unit'] [`--port=port'] [`--speed=speed']
> [`--word=word'] [`--parity=parity'] [`--stop=stop']
> [`--device=dev']
>
> * terminal:: Choose a terminal
> - Command: terminal [`--dumb'] [`--no-echo'] [`--no-edit']
> [`--timeout=secs'] [`--lines=lines'] [`--silent'] [`console']
> [`serial'] [`hercules']
>
> There is an info subsection for serial terminals as well
> Might even want to look at the "preset menu" info subsection.
Yes, I was not clear about this one. This is very helpful, but there is
a second, requirement to just send a text message to a (possibly
present, possibly absent) serial device without establishing a full
interface.
I suppose that should have been two items.
>
> > 4) The command line should still expire after a user defined
> interval.
>
> menu-specific commands
> * hiddenmenu:: Hide the menu interface
> - Command: hiddenmenu
> Don't display the menu. If the command is used, no menu will be
> displayed on the control terminal, and the default entry will be
> booted after the timeout expired. The user can still request the
> menu to be displayed by pressing <ESC> before the timeout expires.
> See also *Note Hidden menu interface::.
>
> * timeout:: Set the timeout
> - Command: timeout sec
> Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the
> default entry (normally the first entry defined).
>
This isn't the same thing. I'm aware you can do the time out from the
menu interface. What about the command line interface? Does it, can it
also time out?
>
> -jef"aliasing a kernel by name..i dont know about...but maybe
> adding ctl-G's to a title entry works for grub"spaleta
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