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
> 
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