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From: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@citrix.com>
Subject: Re: 3.0.4 and 3.1-rc4 based dom0 won't boot with acpi=off
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:48:37 +0200
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.On Mon, 2011-09-12 at 17:40 -0400, Sven Köhler wrote:
> > You could also try on the Xen hypervisor line (Ctlr-A three times) try the 'R'
> > and see if it does anything.
> 
> As long as I have been using Xen, I have never managed to make this work
> (getting to the hypervisor line by pressing Ctrl-A I mean). I have never
> seen the prompt, if there is any.
> 
> Right now, I'm pressing Ctrl-A like a mad man. Nothing happens :-(
> 
> The key stroke is valid at any time? I'm pressing Ctrl-A-A-A (without
> releasing the Ctrl) when dom0 has booted. Also tried before dom0 kernel
> started. Nothing so far :-(

This sequence is only valid on serial console not on VGA console if
that's what you are doing.

Ian.