On Wed, 8 Oct 2014, Nux! wrote: > For my templates I use: > grubby --update-kernel=ALL --args="crashkernel=0 at 0 video=1024x768 console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty0 consoleblank=0" In kickstart files for CentOS 7 VMs that run in what I still think of as runlevel 3, I use a somewhat simpler recipe: bootloader --location=mbr --append="console=ttyS0" On the VM, that translates into /etc/default/grub looking something like this: GRUB_TIMEOUT=5 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="$(sed 's, release .*$,,g' /etc/system-release)" GRUB_DEFAULT=saved GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=true GRUB_TERMINAL="serial console" GRUB_SERIAL_COMMAND="serial" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="rd.lvm.lv=vg0/vmroot console=ttyS0 crashkernel=auto vconsole.font=latarcyrheb-sun16 vconsole.keymap=us" GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true" When the VM boots, it's then easy to run "virsh console YOURVM" to attach to the serial console. -- Paul Heinlein heinlein at madboa.com 45°38' N, 122°6' W