Is there some way of getting interactive access to a Fedora boot menu to a computer on the same LAN?

[Philip Rhoades]

People,

I am guessing this is not possible since the network is not even running 
yet . . could a mini-network of some kind be possible for the menu?

My next-best alternative is to just a let a normal boot take place, get 
network access, log in and change the default boot order and reboot . .

Thanks,

Phil.

[Tom Horsley]

On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 10:59:41 +1000
Philip Rhoades via users wrote:
> I am guessing this is not possible since the network is not even running 
> yet . . could a mini-network of some kind be possible for the menu?

I believe grub has support for VNC access (google probably describes
it somewhere), but it probably needs have different boot parameters
which is what you are trying to change :-).

[Chris Adams]

Once upon a time, Tom Horsley  said:
> I believe grub has support for VNC access

I don't believe that exists, no.  grub2 can have local consoles of a few
types: various local graphics and serial, which can be connected to
another system.

[Roger Heflin]

Setup grub to have serial support and the booted kernel to have serial
support and use a serial crossover cable from one machine to another.

For it to allow access into the bios, the bios needs to also have some
serial console support.

On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 8:28 PM Chris Adams  wrote:
> Once upon a time, Tom Horsley  said:
> > I believe grub has support for VNC access
>
> I don't believe that exists, no.  grub2 can have local consoles of a few
> types: various local graphics and serial, which can be connected to
> another system.
>
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[Chris Adams]

Once upon a time, [e-mail]  said:
> I am guessing this is not possible since the network is not even
> running yet . . could a mini-network of some kind be possible for
> the menu?

In general, no.  This is usually a function of server hardware, using
IPMI (a separate little microcontroller with its own IP address and
protocol), implemented by things like iDRAC (Dell) and iLO (HP).