Hi Alok, I think that fix for following bug will address this problem (on machines with support for serial console redirection in BIOS):
6739497 GRUB Splashimage in OpenSolaris causes broken serial console boot See bug 5721 for more details: http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=5721#c9 Jan 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
