Re: install problem with debian linux on Itanium 2 rx2600 hp server
On Saturday 29 May 2004 12:18 am, Martin Pool wrote:
> On 28 May 2004, Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@hp.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 22:43, David Mosberger wrote:
> > > Perhaps the console output goes to the wrong place? If you use
> > > serial console, try appending "console=ttyS0,9600n8" to the boot command-line
> > > (without quotes).
> >
> > Also, if your system comes with an MP/ECI/Manageability card, please
> > be sure to follow the documentation in the Linux Enablement Kit to
> > select one, and only one, serial port for a serial console. Otherwise,
> > there's a good chance you'll have firmware output up until the kernel
> > loads, but won't see anything beyond the loading of kernel and ramdisk
> > messages from elilo (it'll go to the other serial port).
>
> Isn't there anything we can do in Linux to make this a bit less
> user-hostile? I know it's documented, but nevertheless I think every
> person who has tried to install Linux on these machines has got
> confused by it.
Yes, this has bugged me for a long time, too. The current 2.6
kernel doesn't require a "console=" argument if you have a VGA
console or a single serial console.
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