Kyle McDonald wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to debug some issues I'm seeing during JumpStart caused by > drivers in the sNVb125 kernel. > > The hardware (IBM BladeCenter HS20)I'm using has the ability to redirect > the serial console over what is called 'Serial Over LAN' (SOL) through > the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC). > > At some point during booting for JumpStart (and maybe regular boots too > I haven't been able to install yet) something that sNV does causes the > SOL connection to the BMC to be dropped and the BMC to go into a state > where it can't be reconnected. > > Anyway, I've tried booting with kernel args -kdv and setting moddebug to > 0x80000000 to watch the modules load. That didn't give much insight, so > as another test I decided to reconfigure the GRUB to not use the serial > console at all, and instead use the VGA one. > > This test is what brings me here. When I didn't specify the serial > console, JumpStart defaulted to trying to start X windows, and while the > boot up still fails, it seems that the booting process has taken quite a > different path through the code. > > So, is there some way to use the VGA console, but keep JumpStart from > running X Windows, and just do a text Jumpstart on the VGA?
Triy adding -nowin to the bootargs -ethan > > -Kyle > > _______________________________________________ > install-discuss mailing list > install-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss
