----- Original Message ----- > Once upon a time, Randy Carpenter <rcar...@network1.net> said: > > Likewise OS vendors are increasingly dropping support for > > installing OSes via serial port (RHEL, VMWare, etc.) > > > > At leaset with RHEL, you can make your own boot image that gets rid > > of the asinine splash screen (which is the only thing that causes > > the requirement for a full VGA console) > > RHEL installs with a serial console just fine. You also don't have > to > "make your own boot image" to get a non-graphical boot.
Probably a bit off topic for this thread, but... If I boot the default install disc/image on any of my servers (mostly Supermicro), it hangs at a blank screen when isolinux loads. If you get rid of the splash screen, it works fine. This has been an issue since RHEL4, I think. Maybe other server manufacturers handle the video a little differently, and are able to get past the splash screen. -Randy
