On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 12:25 PM, upen <upendra.gandhi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I don't have RHEL 6 yet but in Fedora you have to create >> "etc/init/ttyS1.conf" with the inittab command (from "/sbin" on) >> unless the serial console is the primary boot console because, then, >> "/etc/init/serial.conf" starts ttS* for you. >> >> I must admit that the last time that I needed a serial console as a >> primary boot console (with either F11 or F12), I deleted serial.conf >> and created ttyS0.conf because I didn't want to have to deal with some >> upstart elements in serial.conf that I didn't understand and didn't >> want to understand (at the time; now I'll have to given that we'll be >> eventually migrating all our boxes from 5 to 6). > > Thanks Tom. I will give it this a try. I did try one thing before I > see your reply. Edited /etc/grub.conf and added > console=ttyS1,57600n8 infront of kernel line. This made the console > o/p redirected to ttyS1. Then I connected through IPMI SOL to see if > it works. Not only that it showed kernel uncompressed but also the > init process and login prompt which I generally see KVM console. I > also have KVM over IP which this time did not show the redline which > shows the progress of boot process but did show login prompt like > ttyS1 > > I am glad to see that console got redirected by doing just this ..:) I > will see if there is any drawback doing like this. You're welcome. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
