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Subject: Re: Arch Linux UEFI Bhyve Setup
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Hi Peter! Thanks for this. I=E2=80=99m going to look at how to rebuild =
an Archlinux ISO with that extra option later this week and see how it =
goes. Regards,

Vincent


> Le 2 janv. 2017 =C3=A0 15:52, Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> a =
=C3=A9crit :
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> Hi Vincent,
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>> I guess my resolution for 2017 is more clarity.
>>=20
>> So what I mean to know with this experiment is simply this: can UEFI
>> be used with a serial console (i.e.: without a graphic console), if
>> so, is it preferable over GRUB for Linux distros that support UEFI?
>>=20
>> Until I am positive about using UEFI over serial console, I will
>> stick to GRUB but if someone coule elaborate on this, I would
>> appreciate it greatly!
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> It does work, but you have to either edit the grub.conf on the install =
ISO and repack, or get in quick and edit the grub command line and add a =
'console=3DttyS0' option.
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> grub-bhyve auto-inserts the serial console line into the linux kernel =
boot options which is why it appears a little more seamless.
>=20
> UEFI does have the advantage that the system is self-consistent - any =
boot filesystem can be used, whereas grub-bhyve only understands the =
ones that are built into it.
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> later,
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> Peter.
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