On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 at 11:48, Dima Veselov <kab...@lich.phys.spbu.ru> wrote: > > Greetings, > > I have a server with IPMI serial console on COM2, which fails to show > serial bootloader in UEFI mode. For testing purposes I am using iPXE > stack with pxeboot_ia32 with console and serial options installed via > installboot. > > UEFI shows itself on every serial port and monitor simultaneously. If > standard pxeboot is loaded it shows up on the same devices as UEFI, and > the kernel continues on monitor only, but if pxeboot with com2 option is > used - it does not show up anywhere, but the kernel works on com2. > > I've tried to check the problem on KVM VM but it works as intended - > UEFI on all devices, pxeboot on programmed device (monitor or serial), > kernel continues on same as pxeboot. > > It would be okay if kernel could have console= boot option, but as far > as I know it does not, so there is no way I can set up both bootloader > and kernel to serial device on real hardware. > > Is there any clue to check why it happens or any way to debug pxeboot?
Maybe reinstalling the bootblocks with console=auto ? https://man.bsd.lv/NetBSD-8.0/amd64/installboot#o -- Ottavio Caruso
