From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 9 Jan 2002 02:57:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 9 Jan 2002 02:57:46 -0500 Received: from firewall.synchrotron.fr ([193.49.43.1]:10972 "HELO out.esrf.fr") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 9 Jan 2002 02:57:37 -0500 Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 08:57:15 +0100 From: Samuel Maftoul To: lkml Subject: Re: boot messeage Message-ID: <20020109085715.A6702@pcmaftoul.esrf.fr> In-Reply-To: <20020109064104.15170.qmail@web15003.mail.bjs.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <20020109064104.15170.qmail@web15003.mail.bjs.yahoo.com>; from hanhbkernel@yahoo.com.cn on Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 02:41:04PM +0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 02:41:04PM +0800, hanhbkernel wrote: > When booting Linux, the kernel messages are shown on > screen. > I don't like to show these messages, so "Support for > console on virtual terminal" and "Support for console > on serial port" are not chose when compiling kernel. > But using the new kernel, computer can't boot. If one > of "Support for console on virtual terminal" and > "Support for console on serial port" is chose, > Computer can be booted. If I don¡¯t like the booting > messages shown through terminal or HyperTerminal on > screen. Would you like to tell me how could I do? Use the "Support for console on virtual terminal and output the stuff to a non used seria port : append to lilo something like this: append="console=/dev/tty4" Sam