commit 486785ea6f5946f180ff5a8576e3a46bacc49f40
Author: Stephen Wadeley <swadeley(a)redhat.com>
Date: Fri Jul 17 10:38:07 2015 +0200
Improve "using the serial console" example
add a synopsis before the command
add some examples of serial ports
en-US/Working_with_the_GRUB_2_Boot_Loader.xml | 11 ++++++-----
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/en-US/Working_with_the_GRUB_2_Boot_Loader.xml
b/en-US/Working_with_the_GRUB_2_Boot_Loader.xml
index 607c438..b0b37b2 100644
--- a/en-US/Working_with_the_GRUB_2_Boot_Loader.xml
+++ b/en-US/Working_with_the_GRUB_2_Boot_Loader.xml
@@ -741,13 +741,14 @@ For more information on adding kernel options, see <xref
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</para>
<screen>~]# <command>dnf install
screen</command></screen>
<para>
- To connect to your machine using the serial console, run the following command:
+ To connect to your machine using the serial console, use a command in the follow
format:
</para>
-<screen>~]$ <command>screen</command>
<filename>/dev/<console_port></filename></screen>
+<synopsis>screen /dev/<replaceable>console_port</replaceable>
<replaceable>baud_rate</replaceable></synopsis>
<para>
- By default, if no option is specified, <application>screen</application>
uses the standard 9600 baud rate. To set a different baud rate, run:
- </para>
-<screen>~]$ <command>screen</command>
<filename>/dev/<console_port></filename>
<option>115200</option></screen>
+ By default, if no option is specified, <application>screen</application>
uses the standard 9600 baud rate. To set a higher baud rate, enter:
+<screen>~]$ <command>screen</command>
<filename>/dev/<replaceable>console_port</replaceable></filename>
<option>115200</option></screen>
+Where <replaceable>console_port</replaceable> is
<literal>ttyS0</literal>, or <literal>ttyUSB0</literal>, and so
on.
+ </para>
<para>
To end the session in <application>screen</application>, press
<keycap>Ctrl</keycap>+<keycap>a</keycap>, type
<literal>:quit</literal> and press <keycap>Enter</keycap>.
</para>
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