Re: Cannot boot without tty attached to serial console

[Jordan Uggla]

On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 9:55 AM, James White <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'm trying to boot grub with a serial console on a soekris net_5501, and it
> won't boot unless there is a console attached (wires plugged in, and active
> terminal session at the other end of the cable) using "serial  --unit=0
> --speed=19200 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1"
>
>  I tried "terminal --dumb --tmeout=6 serial" but grub complains that
> "terminal" isn't a valid configuration option
>
> The box never boots, but as soon as I plug it the serial cable, it draws the
> grub menu and boots fine.
>
> GRUB 1.98+20100804-14 on Debian (squeeze )

Upgrading to grub 1.99 rc1 should solve this problem.

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