Installation guide

Section 2.3:Steps for Installing and Configuring the Red Hat Linux Distribution 37
To modify the kernel boot timeout limit for a cluster system, edit the /etc/lilo.conf file and
specify the desired value (in tenths of a second) for the timeout parameter. The following example
sets the timeout limit to three seconds:
timeout = 30
To apply any changes made to the /etc/lilo.conf file, invoke the /sbin/lilo command.
Similarly, when using the grub boot loader, the timeout parameter in /boot/grub/grub.conf
should be modified to specify the appropriate number of seconds before timing out. To set this interval
to 3 seconds, edit the parameter to the following:
timeout = 3
2.3.4 Displaying Console Startup Messages
Use the dmesg command to display the console startup messages. See the dmesg(8) manual page
for more information.
The following example of the dmesg command output shows that a serial expansion card was recog-
nized during startup:
May 22 14:02:10 storage3 kernel: Cyclades driver 2.3.2.5 2000/01/19 14:35:33
May 22 14:02:10 storage3 kernel: built May 8 2000 12:40:12
May 22 14:02:10 storage3 kernel: Cyclom-Y/PCI #1: 0xd0002000-0xd0005fff, IRQ9,
4 channels starting from port 0.
The following example of the dmesg command output shows that two external SCSI buses and nine
disks were detected on the system (note that lines with forward slashes will be printed as one line on
most screens):
May 22 14:02:10 storage3 kernel: scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x \
(EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.28/3.2.4
May 22 14:02:10 storage3 kernel:
May 22 14:02:10 storage3 kernel: scsi1 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x \
(EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.28/3.2.4
May 22 14:02:10 storage3 kernel:
May 22 14:02:10 storage3 kernel: scsi : 2 hosts.
May 22 14:02:11 storage3 kernel: Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST39236LW Rev: 0004
May 22 14:02:11 storage3 kernel: Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
May 22 14:02:11 storage3 kernel: Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST318203LC Rev: 0001
May 22 14:02:11 storage3 kernel: Detected scsi disk sdb at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
May 22 14:02:11 storage3 kernel: Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST318203LC Rev: 0001
May 22 14:02:11 storage3 kernel: Detected scsi disk sdc at scsi1, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
May 22 14:02:11 storage3 kernel: Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST318203LC Rev: 0001
May 22 14:02:11 storage3 kernel: Detected scsi disk sdd at scsi1, channel 0, id 2, lun 0
May 22 14:02:11 storage3 kernel: Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST318203LC Rev: 0001