I had an isolinux config that was working with Kontron CG2100s for serial console with console redirection enabled in the BIOS (and attaching via SOL through an Intel RMM3 module) - for some reason I had to set serial port 1 instead of 0 in the config (even though the physical port is 0, and the RMM is supposed to just be redirecting the physical port), but it worked. A tester on a different box (same model and configuration) that didn't have console redirection enabled complained that they couldn't see the boot menu; I tried changing the serial port back to 0 in the isolinux config, and now the menu is visible, but it doesn't respond to keyboard input (again, over SOL; I haven't tried physical serial). This turns out to be true (menu visible, no response to kbd) whether serial redirection is enabled or not. Has anyone encountered anything similar, and/or have any tips for what else to try? Thanks. -g Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail (including any attachments) is intended only for the recipients named above. It may contain confidential or privileged information and should not be read, copied or otherwise used by any other person. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the sender of that fact and delete the e-mail from your system.
On 05/10/2011 10:55 AM, Greg Forte wrote:> I had an isolinux config that was working with Kontron CG2100s for > serial console with console redirection enabled in the BIOS (and > attaching via SOL through an Intel RMM3 module) - for some reason I had > to set serial port 1 instead of 0 in the config (even though the > physical port is 0, and the RMM is supposed to just be redirecting the > physical port), but it worked. > > A tester on a different box (same model and configuration) that didn't > have console redirection enabled complained that they couldn't see the > boot menu; I tried changing the serial port back to 0 in the isolinux > config, and now the menu is visible, but it doesn't respond to keyboard > input (again, over SOL; I haven't tried physical serial). This turns out > to be true (menu visible, no response to kbd) whether serial redirection > is enabled or not. > > Has anyone encountered anything similar, and/or have any tips for what > else to try? >First of all, please try physical serial in case it is a problem with your SOL module. There are a few things you can try: you can enable serial port interrupt handling, you can disable HLT, and you can set "console 0" to speak only to the serial port. -hpa