Re: [libvirt-users] way to see the bootmenu via serial?
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/