On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:09:01 -0800, Dan Stromberg wrote:
We're installing both openSUSE and SLES systems.
Some of these systems are installed via a console that is effectively a 57.6Kbps serial link - so not blazingly fast console I/O.
These installs are taking over an hour to complete on pretty fast hardware - probably due to the slow serial console.
We're moving the packages to install over gigabit ethernet, not from a DVD or CD, and definitely not via the serial link :)
So my question is: "Is there a way of making the openSUSE 10.3 and SLES 10.1 installers less chatty, so the installs can move along faster when done via a serial console?"
(When I say "effectively a 57.6Kbps serial link" I mean IPMI v2.0 Serial Over LAN - IE a rather modern server technology, not some old Wyse 50 hooked up to a PC :)
Thanks!
What worked: Start the install via the serial console, but use VNC for the installer by specifying vnc=1 and vncpassword=whatever on the kernel command line. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org