[159371] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OOB core router connectivity wish list
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Carpenter)
Wed Jan 9 23:01:55 2013
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2013 22:55:29 -0500 (EST)
From: Randy Carpenter <rcarpen@network1.net>
To: Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
In-Reply-To: <20130110031547.GB2212@hiwaay.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
----- Original Message -----
> Once upon a time, Randy Carpenter <rcarpen@network1.net> said:
> > Likewise OS vendors are increasingly dropping support for
> > installing OSes via serial port (RHEL, VMWare, etc.)
> >
> > At leaset with RHEL, you can make your own boot image that gets rid
> > of the asinine splash screen (which is the only thing that causes
> > the requirement for a full VGA console)
>
> RHEL installs with a serial console just fine. You also don't have
> to
> "make your own boot image" to get a non-graphical boot.
Probably a bit off topic for this thread, but...
If I boot the default install disc/image on any of my servers (mostly Supermicro), it hangs at a blank screen when isolinux loads. If you get rid of the splash screen, it works fine. This has been an issue since RHEL4, I think.
Maybe other server manufacturers handle the video a little differently, and are able to get past the splash screen.
-Randy
