# [OmniOS-discuss] Installation Failing (Reboots)

Garland McAlexander garland at bustle.com
Mon Sep 26 20:50:05 UTC 2016

- Previous message: [OmniOS-discuss] Installation Failing (Reboots)
- Next message: [OmniOS-discuss] Reversed All-In-One
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]

    https://youtu.be/JlbxQg01AdA Here it is in action.

    On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Joshua M. Clulow <josh at sysmgr.org> wrote:

    > On 26 September 2016 at 12:59, Garland McAlexander <garland at bustle.com>
    > wrote:
    > > I've tried multiple images via IPMI now, and I've md5 verified them all
    > > before attempting to install.
    >
    > Does your system have serial-over-LAN functionality available through
    > IPMI?  I would recommend trying to get the system to boot using the
    > serial port as the console -- that way, when the text flashes up
    > you'll be able to capture it before the system reboots.
    >
    > I've used the OmniOS installer via the serial port (in a virtual
    > machine) before.  I think that all I had to do was edit the grub menu
    > entry and add the appropriate console settings, e.g.
    >
    >     -B console=ttyb,ttyb-mode="115200,8,n,1,-"
    >
    > (NB: that's for "ttyb", aka COM2.  If your IPMI serial-over-LAN port
    > is COM1 you'll want ttya instead.)
    >
    > --
    > Joshua M. Clulow
    > UNIX Admin/Developer
    > http://blog.sysmgr.org
    >
    -------------- next part --------------
    An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
    URL: <http://lists.omniti.com/pipermail/omnios-discuss/attachments/20160926/032f1990/attachment.html>

- Previous message: [OmniOS-discuss] Installation Failing (Reboots)
- Next message: [OmniOS-discuss] Reversed All-In-One
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]

More information about the OmniOS-discuss mailing list