On Tue, Jun 04, 2024 at 04:06:13PM +0100, 04-psyche.tot...@icloud.com wrote: > Thank you Dave and Bruce. > > This worked for me: > > boost install gfxpayload=text console=ttyS0,115200n8 > > The critical part was that I had to type it and not copy paste it. >
glad you got it working; this matches what most/all of us do for these installs. > For some reasons, I have problems on the terminal of the VM. I can't copy > paste it correctly, nor use the arrows without glitch. > see other email reply. > Also as an FYI for anyone else trying. I have to kill the VM at the end of > the install, and not let the installation process reboot the machine. > Otherwise it hangs indefinitely. > > Thanks! > Jake > > > > > Dave Voutila <d...@sisu.io <mailto:d...@sisu.io>> 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.
