sbs bofh okmekutgooglemailcom dear im currently trying configure suse 103 machine use serial console found link novells website explaining configure serial console sles ive tweak steps still cant quite get things work imagined would worth serial console runs 9600 bootgrubmenulst added two extra parameters first entry looks like title opensuse 103 26221701 root hd01 kernel bootvmlinuz26221701default rootdevdiskbyidscsisata_st340014a_5jxmh6n6part2 vga0x31a resumedevsda1 splashsilent showopts consoletty0 consolettys09600 initrd bootinitrd26221701default ive modified etcinittab uncommented line cons12345respawnsbinsmart_agetty l 9600 console also added console etcsecuretty reboot see output systems log serial console far good however original instructions talk adding lines bootgrubmenulst serial unit0 speed9600 terminal timeout15 serial console commenting gfxmenu entry reboot get press key continue scrolling screen serial console press key dont see grub menu timeout hits default entry starts boot see output serial console would really great see grub menu serial console thanks advance jim fri 08 aug 2008 063741 0100 opensuse set serial console suse 103