> On 10.06.2021 22:43, Alan Altmark wrote: >> A colleague is installing RHEL 8.4 in an LPAR via ftp server. The system >> loads, but early in the installer boot process there's a network error >> that he can't scroll back to look at because the Operating System Messages >> console "rolls off" after about 475-500 messages. >> >> Can he update the generic.prm file to reference the integrated ASCII >> console instead? > > Add > > console=ttyS1 > > to have Linux use the integrated ASCII console as main console (input > and output), or > > console=ttyS1 console=ttyS0 > > to copy console messages to the ASCII console while keeping the > OS-Message console as main console. > >> And will that give him better console management to let >> him see early boot errors? > > No. The Integrated ASCII console HMC task does not provide a scroll-back > function.
I need to correct my statement here - the Integrated ASCII console HMC task does indeed provide a scrolling capability that can be accessed by using the Shift+PageUp/PageDown keys. Thanks to Alan Altmark and the HMC team for following up on this! Regards, Peter Oberparleiter -- Peter Oberparleiter Linux on Z Development - IBM Germany ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
