Re: [Freeipmi-users] SOL after bootup...

[Tudor Holton]

I think this may answer my question:

http://www.bx.psu.edu/~nate/doc/x3550.html 
<http://www.bx.psu.edu/%7Enate/doc/x3550.html> shows how to do it using 
a Debian install CD.
In short the key appears to be to add "console=ttyS0,57600n8" to the 
kernel options on boot.  So a modification to the boot CD would be required.
Also:
# grep GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX= /etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="console=ttyS0,57600n8"
# grep GRUB_SERIAL_COMMAND= /etc/default/grub
GRUB_SERIAL_COMMAND="serial --unit=0 --speed=57600 --word=8 --parity=no 
--stop=1"
# update-grub
to the grub startup script.

I haven't tried this yet.  Will get back to you once I've tested it.

Cheers,
Tudor.

On 04/12/12 15:32, Tudor Holton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to experiment with remote provisioning using IPMI.  I have 
> a machine with BMC and SOL working (thanks to Albert).
> I was thinking of either provisioning using a CD left in the machine 
> or using TFTP and bootp.    Currently I'm using a CD just to prove it 
> works.
> However, after the system boots (and I can see the whole boot process 
> via SOL), the screen goes blank.  I've tried with the XCP boot CD and 
> the Ubuntu server boot CD.  I've checked on other machines and both of 
> these use an ncurses interface with fallback for the installer.
> Is there something I need to include in the boot CD/ISO/TFTP system 
> that would allow the installer to output to SOL?  Perhaps a kernel 
> switch or modification?
> Cheers,
> Tudor.
>
>
>
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