[OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS / SuperMicro motherboard and settings for IPMI SOL

[Paul Jochum]

On 11/11/2013 05:28 PM, Michael Rasmussen wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:34:01 -0600
> Paul Jochum <paul.jochum at alcatel-lucent.com> wrote:
>
>> in OmniOS
>> /rpool/boot/grub
>>       Commented out the line "splashimage /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz"
>>       and changed timeout to 5
>>       otherwise, everything else is as default
>>                   (i.e. the serial and terminal lines are still commented out, and the kernel line is still the same:  "kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/amd64/unix -B $ZFS-BOOTFS)
>>
>> /boot/solaris/bootenv.rc
>>       (tried a lot of changes, but returned it to default since none seem to make a difference)
>>
>> /etc/ttydefs
>>       (tried a lot of changes, but returned it to default since none seem to make a difference)
> Have you tried playing with console=text, console=force-text?
> It seems the default to either console=graphics or console=text. Use
> console=force-text to enable standard vga mode. Last time I played with
> IPMI standard vga mode was the only way to see the entire boot process.
>
Hi Michael:

Are you suggesting the console=force-text in the menu.lst, bootenv.rc, 
or ttydefs?

thanks,
Paul