Table of Contents
1 Enable serial console
- Enable serial console and disable hidden menu in extlinux.
- Append console=ttyS0,115200 to kernel parameter. Delete quiet from kernel parameter. Kernel log and syslog will be output to serial console.
- Enable getty entry of ttyS0 in /etc/inittab.
- Enable login from serial console.
#!/bin/sh -e. /etc/update-extlinux.confO=”${default_kernel_opts} console=ttyS0,115200″sudo sed -i /etc/update-extlinux.conf -e ‘s/^serial_port=/serial_port=0/g’ -e “s/^hidden=1/hidden=0/g” -e “s;^default_kernel_opts=.*;default_kernel_opts=”${O}”;g” -e ‘s;^default_kernel_opts=(.*)quiet(.*);default_kernel_opts=12;g’sudo sed -i /etc/inittab -e ‘s;^#ttyS0;ttyS0;g’sudo update-extlinuxsudo reboot
2 Execution result
extlinux to monitor display is as below.
extlinux to serial console is as below. This article used “sudo virsh console <vmname>” for connecting serial console.
Login prompt to monitor display is as below. tty1 is displayed with press Ctrl + Alt + F1.
Login prompt to serial console is as below.
