27.8. Fully virtualized guest console access
Fully virtualized guest operating systems automatically has a text console configured for use, but the difference is the kernel guest is not configured. To enable the guest virtual serial console to work with the Full Virtualized guest, you must modify the guest's grub.conf
file, and include the 'console =ttyS0 console=tty0'
parameter. This ensures that the kernel messages are sent to the virtual serial console (and the normal graphical console). If you plan to use the virtual serial console in a full virtualized guest, you must edit the configuration file in the /etc/xen/
directory. On the host domain, access the serial console with the following command:
You can also use the Virtual Machine Manager application to display the serial console output. To access the serial console, open the
Virtual Machine Details
window, select the
View
menu >
Serial Console
.