With this configuration of Grub I can boot my box and control the boot menu, make choice's, and see the output from the boot sequence.
#color white/blue black/light-gray
default 0
timeout 3
#gfxmenu (hd0,0)/message
serial --unit=0 --speed=9600
terminal --timeout=15 console serial
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title SUSE LINUX 9.3
# kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 vga=0x31a selinux=0 splash=silent resume=/dev/hda3 showopts
kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 vga=0x31a selinux=0 splash=silent noresume showopts console=ttyS0 console=tty0
initrd (hd0,0)/initrd
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- SUSE LINUX 9.3
kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off vga=normal noresume selinux=0 barrier=off nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 3
initrd (hd0,0)/initrd
title SUSE LINUX 9.3 Serial
kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 vga=0x31a selinux=0 noresume showopts console=tty0 console=ttyS0
initrd (hd0,0)/initrd
When system has booted.
/etc/event.d/ttyS0
# ttyS0 - getty # # This service maintains a getty on ttyS0 from the point the system is # started until it is shut down again. start on runlevel 2 start on runlevel 3 start on runlevel 4 start on runlevel 5 stop on runlevel 0 stop on runlevel 1 stop on runlevel 6 respawn exec /sbin/getty 9600 ttyS0