Thanks. I should have searched a bit more diligently first :-/ --Jens
Alok Aggarwal wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Jens Deppe wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I've been using the AI to perform installs on a server using ttya via >> the SP. On completion the menu.lst looks as follows: >> >> #---------- ADDED BY BOOTADM - DO NOT EDIT ---------- >> title OpenSolaris 2008.11 snv_101b_rc2 X86 >> findroot (pool_rpool,0,a) >> splashimage /boot/solaris.xpm >> foreground d25f00 >> background 115d93 >> bootfs rpool/ROOT/opensolaris >> kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -B >> $ZFS-BOOTFS,console=graphics >> module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive >> #---------------------END BOOTADM-------------------- >> >> title OpenSolaris 2008.11 snv_101b_rc2 X86 text boot >> findroot (pool_rpool,0,a) >> bootfs rpool/ROOT/opensolaris >> kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -B $ZFS-BOOTFS >> module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive >> >> >> On reboot, however, this configuration results in no console output >> going to ttya which is where I would want/expect it to be, having >> performed the install via ttya. >> >> So I'm unsure where the bug is here. For a start, beadm (or whatever is >> creating the initial entry) isn't setting the console up as it was >> during the install. In addition, however, it seems that the ICT code may >> also be to blame as the 'console=graphics' option should probably be >> 'console=ttya'. > > This is - > > http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=5721 > > Make the text boot entry the default to work around it. > > Alok
