On Thu, July 25, 2013 11:17, Kerin Millar wrote: > On 25/07/2013 09:54, Walter Dnes wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 05:16:21AM +0100, Kerin Millar wrote
>> I stumbled over the solution to my final problem by accident. When >> booting off the install cd, you have 15 seconds to "hit any key", or >> else it'll try to boot off the "hard drive". Given that I haven't >> installed yet, it'll try to boot off the blank pseudo "hard drive", and >> fail. Pressing any key will stop the timer. I prefer to type in... > > Just as on a real PC you can issue Ctrl+Alt+Del to have it reboot again > (without respawning qemu). Look for the three-finger-salute icon on the > toolbar. Which toolbar? >> * One more minor annoyance and workaround... the initial vncviewer >> screen is a 720x400 xterm. The install thinks it's in a 1024x768 >> framebuffer, so you get the bottom and right edges of the output >> clipped. As soon the penguin logo appears, you can close the xterm >> containing the vncviewer output, and open another vncviewer with the >> same command as the original. This new copy senses the correct >> "screensize" and you can go on with your install. > > That's odd. The VNC client should dynamically change the size of its > window as appropriate. Not all VNC-clients do this. Which do you use? -- Joost
