Dave Voutila <d...@sisu.io> writes:
> 04-psyche.tot...@icloud.com writes:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am trying to run Debian 12 under VMM.
>>
>> I can see on the email from 2024-04-02 that Bruce managed to make it work,
>> but I don't know how.
>>
>> The crux of the issue is that the Debian ISO installer does not seem to work
>> under serial console.
>
> You need to modify the kernel boot args to disable video and rely on
> serial console. I can't recall whatever the graphics arg is to the linux
> kernel, but you typically want something like vga=off and then set the
> console arg. I recommend setting both that and io_delay:
>
> console=ttyS0,115200 io_delay=none
>
> io_delay will make the kernel skip doing some pointless artificial
> delays that don't matter with vmd.
>
>>
>> Here's what I did:
>>
>> /etc/vm.conf
>>
>> vm "vm1" {
>> memory 1G
>> disable
>> cdrom "/isos/debian-12.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso"
>> disk "/disks/disk_vm1.qcow2" format qcow2
>> local interface
>> }
>>
>> When I then start the vm, I am greeted with the message:
>>
>> "Press a key, otherwise speech synthesis will be started in 27 seconds..."
>>
>>
>> and then after keypress
>>
>> "
>> Undefined video mode number: 314
>> Press <ENTER> to see video modes available, <SPACE> to continue, or wait 30
>> sec
>> "
>>
>> and it then crashes.
>>
>> Can anyone (maybe Bruce) point me in the right direction?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Jake
Try "gfxpayload=text console=ttyS0,115200" (without the quotes)
I think there's a question about scanning for a graphics card after
setting the boot parameters. Skip it if you can. The timeout was really
long, maybe indefinate. I think I gave up a tried again.
