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List:       libvirt-users
Subject:    Re: [libvirt-users] way to see the bootmenu via serial?
From:       mail list <j416uy () gmail ! com>
Date:       2015-02-13 16:33:47
Message-ID: CAPwOOb_URspEqLpW=k_fQZ63kcUCFrS5ogrUOXdhQkUdn-bOjQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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Ah, missed this update. I am ALL seabios ALL the time except when using
efi. ;)
Will try the other you listed

thanks very much for this direction

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 2:51 AM, Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
wrote:

> On 13.02.2015 09:23, Ján Tomko wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 03:32:02PM -0600, mail list wrote:
> >> Maybe this should go to the qemu mail list, but I have domains
> configured
> >> to dump to serial. Works fine I see Grub menu/kernel messages and the
> like,
> >> but the "bootmenu" listing only shows up over vnc. Is there a way to
> have
> >> that show up over serial?
> >>
> >
> > I believe
> > <bios useserial='yes'/>
> > is the option that makes this work.
> > http://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsOSBIOS
>
> Moreover, make sure you use a serial enabled BIOS, like sgabios [1].
> Standard seabios doesn't support serial line (well, it was quite a while
> ago that I've tested this and it didn't back then, maybe things have
> changed since then).
>
> Michal
>
> 1: https://code.google.com/p/sgabios/
>

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<div dir="ltr"><div>Ah, missed this update. I am ALL seabios ALL the time except when \
using efi. ;)<br>Will try the other you listed<br><br></div>thanks very much for this \
direction<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb \
13, 2015 at 2:51 AM, Michal Privoznik <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a \
href="mailto:mprivozn@redhat.com" target="_blank">mprivozn@redhat.com</a>&gt;</span> \
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px \
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On 13.02.2015 09:23, \
Ján Tomko wrote:<br> &gt; On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 03:32:02PM -0600, mail list \
wrote:<br> &gt;&gt; Maybe this should go to the qemu mail list, but I have domains \
configured<br> &gt;&gt; to dump to serial. Works fine I see Grub menu/kernel messages \
and the like,<br> &gt;&gt; but the &quot;bootmenu&quot; listing only shows up over \
vnc. Is there a way to have<br> &gt;&gt; that show up over serial?<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I believe<br>
&gt; &lt;bios useserial=&#39;yes&#39;/&gt;<br>
&gt; is the option that makes this work.<br>
&gt; <a href="http://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsOSBIOS" \
target="_blank">http://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsOSBIOS</a><br> <br>
</div></div>Moreover, make sure you use a serial enabled BIOS, like sgabios [1].<br>
Standard seabios doesn&#39;t support serial line (well, it was quite a while<br>
ago that I&#39;ve tested this and it didn&#39;t back then, maybe things have<br>
changed since then).<br>
<br>
Michal<br>
<br>
1: <a href="https://code.google.com/p/sgabios/" \
target="_blank">https://code.google.com/p/sgabios/</a><br> \
</blockquote></div><br></div>



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