Re: Debian 12 Under VMM

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.

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.

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 <dv@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.