Re: 2.6.x won't boot on PowerEdge 3250

[Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>]

> I wasn't able to get a linux kernel to ouput stuff with that console command,
> however, I did tell the box to redirect the BIOS console to serial, and that
> showed stuff.
> 
> [Standard BIOS stuff / EFI screen]
> Loading.: Debian GNU/Linux                                          
> Starting: Debian GNU/Linux
> ELILO
> 
> ELILO boot: Linux-2.6.10
> Uncompressing Linux... done
> Loading initrd \EFI\debian\boot\initrd.img-2.6.10-1-mckinley...done
> 
> [pause for about 15 wall clock seconds]
> [reboot]

Is this a rebadged Intel box?  I wonder if it's like my Tiger,
which reports
    ttyS0 at 0x03f8 (irq = 44) is a 16550A
    ttyS1 at 0x02f8 (irq = 45) is a 16550A

but ttyS0 is buried somewhere with no visible connector.  The
connector on the back panel is actually *ttyS1*.  Try changing
the "console=" argument to
    console=uart,io,0x2f8

Seems like it was designed by the same folks who put our UART
console on a function 1 of a multi-function PCI card, with the
UPS port on function 0.  Ugh.