> The reason why the first way doesn't work is because the boot loader uses > BIOS routines to write to the BIOS console, so console output stops once > the kernel gets loaded.
can i get the kernel to write using bios routines to the bios console too? > The second version "should" work by looking at it. I just went and tried > to locate my working pxeboot environment but I realized the Linux master > in that blade rack was shutdown due to security issues. > > Hmmm, on further thought I remembered I'm not using a standard pxeboot > loader. I'm using an experimental one a developer gave me to try out, > which allowed you to set the boot loader console and kernel console > separately. However your second method should still work. > > Are you setting serial console redirect in the BIOS? I'm not sure, how to I get into the bios config on these things? > > diana
