Re: kernel error messages when attempting hvm instance

["Michael Litchard" <michael%schmong.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Michael Litchard 
<michael%schmong.org@localhost> wrote:
> ah, this is it then
>> along with whatever incantation you need to get the guest HVM OS to use
>> com1 as the serial console made xm console work as I expected.
> This is what I'm missing.
> I've dorked around with variations. The only documentation I find is
> linux specific. I suspect netbsd wants something else.
>
> The state it's in right now is xm create -c starts the hvm instance
> but then I don't see anything. It must be I haven't told it to listen
> to com1.
> Okay, I'll try some things and see what happens.
>
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Luke S Crawford <lsc%prgmr.com@localhost> 
> wrote:
>> "Michael Litchard" <michael%schmong.org@localhost> writes:
>>
>>> Could someone tell me how to configure serial for hvm? The kernel goes
>>> into the debugger during boot of my hvm instance and I'd like to
>>> capture the output prior. The user's manual mentions the serial
>>> keyword, but gives no examples for usage afaik.
>>
>>
>> last time I screwed with it,
>>
>> serial='pty'
>>
>> (in the xm config file)
>> along with whatever incantation you need to get the guest HVM OS to use
>> com1 as the serial console made xm console work as I expected.
>>
>> (I told the OS to use a 115200 bps com1, 8n1, though I'm not sure how much
>> those settings matter.)
>>
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