On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 10:09 AM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > Mike - st257 wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 5:50 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > >> Mike - st257 wrote: > <snip> > >> > My servers have BMC with Serial over LAN support. In C5 and C6, I > >> determined how to have BIOS/POST, kernel, and serial console access. I'm > >> reading up on the method to accomplish the pieces with C7. > >> > > >> > Presently SoL output works, so I see BIOS/POST messages and the GRUB > >> boot list. > >> > My changes to enable serial redirection for the kernel do not appear > >> to work. > >> > > >> > I've made the following changes to GRUB2's /etc/grub/default config > >> file: -- removed rhgb > >> <snip> > >> You did take out "quiet", too? > > > > I did not. > > I would expect what shows up on the VGA console to be identical on the > > serial console. > > > > I'll give that a shot today. > <snip> > Do. That hides everything before the o/s switches root. It's *possible* > that it's hiding where you're being prompted for the LUKS password. > I've been doing some testing now that it works and "quiet" did not hide the LUKS passphrase prompt on the serial console. (More details in a future message.) I appreciate the suggestion because it very well could have. Another one of those "shouldn't but did cause X problem" ;-) > Personally, I'd have left / unencrypted.... > While my environment is not entirely hostile, it is one where I cannot control physical access. So while the thought crossed my mind to leave rootfs unencrypted, I opted not to (but to encrypt!). -- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 //