Listing 5. Modifications added to GRUB's menu.lst in order to redirect
output to serial port COM1.

serial --unit=0 --speed=115200
terminal serial

default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,2)/boot/message

title openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.5-1.1
    root (hd0,2)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.5-1.1-default
               root=/dev/sda3 resume=/dev/sda5
               splash=silent showopts vga=0x317
               console=ttyS0,115200n8
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.5-1.1-default

