Re: Debian 12 Under VMM

04-psyche.totter@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