Hi, we have discussed serial console support several times at the meetings, without much output (except "it should work") without any idea about testing. I found out that VirtualBox supports also serial port emulation which can be used for emulating a serial console. Here is a short HowTo for emulating a serial console in VirtualBox: - Install "socat" utility ("zypper in socat", it's included in 12.3 and 13.1) - Create a new virtual machine in VBox, configure it for installing the requested product (i.e. add the selected ISO image as a virtual CD drive) - In "Settings" -> "Serial Ports" set "Enable Serial Port", "Port Number": COM1, "Port Mode": "Host Pipe" Select "Create Pipe" checkbox, enter path to the created pipe file in "Port/File Path" (e.g. "/tmp/com1") - Boot the machine - In the host run command "socat unix-connect:/tmp/com1 stdio,raw,echo=0,icanon=0" in a terminal (replace "/tmp/com1" by the path set in the serial port config) - In the VM boot prompt add "console=ttyS0,115200" option (or you can enter that using the text menu in the serial console) - Start the installation - You should see the boot process and then textmode Yast installer in the serial console terminal. Install the system as usually, there is nothing specific to serial console installation (besides it is in textmode). I have tested the latest NI ISO image and the installation was successful! After reboot you can log into the machine using the serial console as well. Summary: The feature still works, we just need to check it later once again (in some Beta, to make sure we did not break it). -- Ladislav Slezák Appliance department / YaST Developer Lihovarská 1060/12 190 00 Prague 9 / Czech Republic tel: +420 284 028 960 lslezak@suse.com SUSE -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: yast-devel+owner@opensuse.org