On Saturday 29 May 2004 12:18 am, Martin Pool wrote: > On 28 May 2004, Alex Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 22:43, David Mosberger wrote: > > > Perhaps the console output goes to the wrong place? If you use > > > serial console, try appending "console=ttyS0,9600n8" to the boot > > > command-line > > > (without quotes). > > > > Also, if your system comes with an MP/ECI/Manageability card, please > > be sure to follow the documentation in the Linux Enablement Kit to > > select one, and only one, serial port for a serial console. Otherwise, > > there's a good chance you'll have firmware output up until the kernel > > loads, but won't see anything beyond the loading of kernel and ramdisk > > messages from elilo (it'll go to the other serial port). > > Isn't there anything we can do in Linux to make this a bit less > user-hostile? I know it's documented, but nevertheless I think every > person who has tried to install Linux on these machines has got > confused by it.
Yes, this has bugged me for a long time, too. The current 2.6 kernel doesn't require a "console=" argument if you have a VGA console or a single serial console.
