On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 02:13:13PM -0500, Dennis Clarke wrote: > .... > However I can not actually see the GRUB menu at boot time. I see nothing > until the server begins to boot and then I can see everything. However the > grub menu is absent entirely. > > My config looks like so : > .. > serial --unit=0 --speed=9600 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1 > terminal -timeout=30 serial console put these two lines at the beginning and fix the --timeout typo :) This config works for me: <cut> serial --unit=0 --speed=38400 terminal --timeout=10 serial console default=0 timeout=5 title CentOS Linux (2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.x86_64) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_c6-lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_c6/lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_c6/lv_swap rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us nomodeset crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet console=tty0 console=ttyS0,38400n initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.x86_64.img </cut> Cheers, Tru -- Tru Huynh (mirrors, CentOS i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20111121/34816168/attachment-0005.sig>