Yes we would definitely appreciate this change. Our group is using the ai image to install in a lights out facility in which all 500+ systems are headless. Right now we have to make sure we edit the menu.lst file before we can let the installed machine reboot to its HD.
Bruce Alok Aggarwal wrote: > Hi Frank, > > The test folks found a problem where if you are > installing on a headless x86 machine through serial > console, the output goes to the screen by default > as opposed to the serial console. > > This leaves the user with the impression that the > installer is hung. > > Regular AI (server based) allows the specification of "console=ttya" > at the GRUB line in order to achieve proper redirection. A similar > specification works in > the bootable ai case. > > My question is - would the user experience be better > if there were explicit grub menu entries that the user > would select if installing on a headless system? > > Thanks, > Alok > _______________________________________________ > caiman-discuss mailing list > caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss
