IPMI serial console

[Daniel O'Connor]

On 23/02/2013, at 24:36, Paul Mather <paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu> wrote:
> I don't know whether all of that is needed, but, as you can see from the various commented-out lines, it was a configuration I "arrived at" that works. :-)
> 
> I don't have a /boot.config on this system.

OK, that gives me hope :)

> Usually, I have the VGA console take precedence.  In that case, I get messages on both the VGA console and the IPMI SOL console during the BIOS screen, loader, and kernel boot messages but then only messages on the VGA console during the rc.d boot phase.  I have a serial console enabled in /etc/ttys, so I get output (e.g., getty login) on the IPMI SOL when that is eventually spawned.  If I want to have the serial console take precedence, I usually escape to the loader prompt (via ESC at the loader menu) and issue a "set console="comconsole,vidconsole"" command.  Then, the rc.d boot output goes to the serial console and 


That is basically what I want - I am looking for a way to run fsck or diagnose boot issues without having to fire up the Java app and tunnelling into the network.

> not the VGA console.  (It would be nice to have rc.d init scripts output go to both consoles, but I don't know whether that is possible.)

Yeah that would be very nice, I will take what you have though :)

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