On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Jan Damborsky <Jan.Damborsky at sun.com> wrote: > 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
Caimanians: I love what you are working on. I read the list every day. It is nice) %martin
