Re: Grub serial console does not work
On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 06:11:20AM -0800, jimmi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using since several years the serial console to get the grub menu
> from a headless PC, that I configured following the instruction of the
> Remote Serial Console HOWTO [1]. I'm now replacing the machine with a
> mini-itx assembled with an Intel D201GLY2 board [2]. Using the same
> configuration the grub menu appears ("Press any key to continue") only
> on the local monitor, while the output on the serial console starts
> working only when the kernel boots off.
>
> Any idea which test may I do to understand where the problem is?
Grub isn't finding that serial port. Perhaps the numbering has changed
at the grub level. The kernel, on the other hand, is finding the serial
port at the same /dev/ttyS?. I don't know how to get grub to search for
serial ports but I hope this points you in the right direction.
Doug.
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