I do see two things wrong in your menu.lst: serial --unit=2 ... ... kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb2 vga=0x314 resume=/dev/sda2 splash=silent showopts console=ttyS0,38400 console=tty0
First, unit=2 means COM3 (unit=0,1,2), and this conflicts with console=ttyS0 meaning COM1. Pick the correct port for both. Second, you need to remove the splash=silent Andy -----Original Message----- From: Erez Zilber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 5:22 AM To: Song, Youquan Cc: Cress, Andrew R; David A. Ranch; ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Ipmitool-devel] How can I view the grub menu in a SOL session? Thanks for your response. I tried to use many values for --unit (and removed gfxmenu (hd1,1)/boot/message), but I still don't see the grub menu. Instead, I see something like: machine restart ????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????Zh?IC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x04] enabled) Processor #4 6:15 APIC version 20 ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x01] enabled) Processor #1 6:15 APIC version 20 ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x03] lapic_id[0x05] enabled) Processor #5 6:15 APIC version 20 ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x04] lapic_id[0x02] enabled) Processor #2 6:15 APIC version 20 ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x05] lapic_id[0x06] enabled) Processor #6 6:15 APIC version 20 ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x06] lapic_id[0x03] enabled) Processor #3 6:15 APIC version 20 ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x07] lapic_id[0x07] enabled) BTW - I am able to see the outputs sent by the kernel when the machine boots. The grub entry seems like: kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb2 vga=0x314 resume=/dev/sda2 splash=silent showopts console=ttyS0,38400 console=tty0 I am also able to see kernel output later. This is done by the following line in /etc/inittab: S0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L 38400 ttyS0 vt100 Should I change any other parameter in menu.lst? Currently, it looks like: # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Tue Nov 27 13:32:05 UTC 2007 color white/blue black/light-gray default timeout 8 #gfxmenu (hd1,1)/boot/message serial --unit=2 --speed=3D38400 --word=3D8 --parity=3Dno --stop=3D1=20 terminal --timeout=3D10 serial console ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 root (hd1,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb2 vga=0x314 resume=/dev/sda2 splash=silent showopts console=ttyS0,38400 console=tty0 initrd /boot/initrd Thanks, Erez ... Song, Youquan wrote: > 1) disable #gfxmenu (hd0,0)/boot/message > 2) Maybe you can try to try: serial --unit=1 or 0 or 2 > 3) Braud rate console=ttyS0,38400 -> console=ttyS0,38400n8 or 19200n8 > > Thanks & Regards, > Song Youquan > OTC-Beijing > Intel SSG/SSD > MOB: 13681289076 > TEL: 010-82611515-1326 > INET: 8-758-1326 > LOC: Raycom 6W062 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erez Zilber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 2007年11月21日 16:42 > To: Song, Youquan > Cc: Cress, Andrew R; David A. Ranch; ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Ipmitool-devel] How can I view the grub menu in a SOL session? > > I tried to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst: > > # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Tue Nov 20 19:15:00 IST 2007 > default 0 > timeout 8 > gfxmenu (hd0,0)/boot/message > > serial --unit=3D1 --speed=3D19200 --word=3D8 --parity=3Dno --stop=3D1=20 > terminal --timeout=3D10 serial console > title SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 - 2.6.24-rc3-infiniband > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-rc3-infiniband-smp root=/dev/sda1 > vga=0x314 resume=/dev/sda2 splash=silent showopts console=ttyS0,38400 > console=tty0 > initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.24-rc3-infiniband-smp > > I'm running the ipmitool with the following parameters: > > ipmitool -H 172.30.112.2 -U admin -P admin -I lanplus sol activate > > I still don't see the grub menu. Did I miss anything? > > Thanks, > Erez > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Ipmitool-devel mailing list Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel
