a.  Comment  out  the  gfxmenu  line  by  adding  a  #  in  front  of  the  word  gfxmenu. 
b.  Add  the  following  line  before  the  first  title  line: 
#  This  will  allow  you  to  only  Monitor  the  OS  boot  via  SOL 
c.  Append  the  following  text  to  the  first  title  line: 
SOL  Monitor 
d.  Append  the  following  text  to  the  kernel  line  of  the  first  title  section: 
console=ttyS1,19200  console=tty0 
e.  Add  the  following  four  lines  between  the  first  two  title  sections: 
#  This  will  allow  you  to  Interact  with  the  OS  boot  via  SOL 
title  linux  SOL  Interactive 
  kernel  (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz  root=/dev/hda2  acpi=oldboot  vga=791 
  console=tty1  console=ttyS0,19200 
  initrd  (hd0,1)/boot/initrd 
The  following  examples  show  the  original  content  of  the  /boot/grub/menu.lst 
file  and  the  content  of  this  file  after  modification. 
 
Original  /boot/grub/menu.lst  contents  Notes 
gfxmanu  (hd0,1)/boot/message 
color  white/blue  black/light-gray 
default  0 
timeout  8 
title  linux 
  kernel  (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz  root=/dev/hda2  acpi=oldboot  vga=791  1 
  initrd  (hd0,1)/boot/initrd 
title  floppy 
  root 
  chainloader  +1 
title  failsafe 
  kernal  (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz.shipped  root=/dev/hda2  ide=nodma  apm=off  vga=normal  nosmp  1 
disableapic  maxcpus=0  3 
  initrd  (hd0,1)/boot/initrd.shipped 
Note  1:  The  kernel  line  is  shown  with  a  line  break.  In  your  file,  the  entire  entry  must  all  be  on  one  line.
 
 
Modified  /boot/grub/menu.lst  contents  Notes 
#gfxmanu  (hd0,1)/boot/message 
color  white/blue  black/light-gray 
default  0 
timeout  8 
#  This  will  allow  you  to  only  Monitor  the  OS  boot  via  SOL 
title  linux  SOL  Monitor 
  kernel  (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz  root=/dev/hda2  acpi=oldboot  vga=791  console=ttyS1,19200  1 
console=tty1 
  initrd  (hd0,1)/boot/initrd 
#  This  will  allow  you  to  Interact  with  the  OS  boot  via  SOL 
title  linux  SOL  Interactive 
  kernel  (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz  root=/dev/hda2  acpi=oldboot  vga=791  console=tty1  console=ttyS0,19200 
  initrd  (hd0,1)/boot/initrd 
title  floppy 
 
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