On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 10:53, Malcolm Herbert <m...@mjch.net> wrote: > > I'm trying to install Solaris 11 Express on a Soekris net5501 host which > has 256MB of memory and no video card for use as a low-power server[1] - > how do I configure grub to tell the kernel to use the serial port as a > console?
Not sure if this will help but this webpage seems to have some tips that might be useful in how you should/could configure grub to pass the correct parameters to the kernel. http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/grub_boot_solaris.jsp Excerpt from page: default 0 timeout 10 serial --unit=0 --speed=9600 terminal serial #---------- ADDED BY BOOTADM - DO NOT EDIT ---------- title Solaris root (hd0,0,a) kernel /platform/i86pc/multiboot -B console=ttya module /platform/i86pc/boot_archive #---------------------END BOOTADM-------------------- #---------- ADDED BY BOOTADM - DO NOT EDIT ---------- title Solaris failsafe root (hd0,0,a) kernel /boot/multiboot -B console=ttya -s module /boot/x86.miniroot.safe #---------------------END BOOTADM-------------------- -- Romeo Theriault _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
