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@@ -544,20 +544,16 @@ remove ttyN from /etc/inittab for domains>0. Due to a bug in the RH9 /etc/rc.sysinit script #'ing the lines out of /etc/inittab won't work as it ignores the '#' and tries to access them anyway. -Every Xenolinux instance owns a bidirectional 'virtual -console'. Boot-time output will be directed to this console by default -for all domain other than 0 (because the console name is tty0); domain -0 requires you to specify 'console=xencons0' as a boot parameter. It -is also possible to log in via the virtual console --- once again, for -most domains your normal startup scripts will work as normal (e.g., by -running mingetty on tty1-7). For domain 0, you must connect to the -special 'xencons' device node: - # mkdir -p /dev/xen - # mknod /dev/xen/cons c 4 123 - # echo "c:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --noclear xen/cons" >>/etc/inittab -If you wish to permit root logins via the special DOM0 node then you -must also add 'xen/cons' to the list of trusted ttys in -/etc/securetty. +Every Xenolinux instance owns a bidirectional 'virtual console'. +The device node to which this console is attached can be configured +by specifying 'xencons=' on the OS command line: + 'xencons=off' --> disable virtual console + 'xencons=tty' --> attach console to /dev/tty1 (tty0 at boot-time) + 'xencons=ttyS' --> attach console to /dev/ttyS0 +The default is to attach to /dev/tty1, and also to create dummy +devices for /dev/tty2-63 to avoid warnings from many standard distro +startup scripts. The exception is domain 0, which by default attaches +to /dev/ttyS0. Note that, because domains>0 don't have any privileged access at all, certain commands in the default boot sequence will fail e.g. attempts |