Hello!
I have a lenovo T470 running current on which i would like to use vmd
to run debian for some work specific stuff.
I'm having trouble installing debian though because the installer
doesn't seem to find cdrom.
My vm.conf is pretty basic:
switch "local" {
interface bridge0
}
vm "work" {
disable
memory 2G
cdrom "/home/vm/debian-9.5.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso"
disk "/home/vm/debian.img"
interface { switch "local" }
}
On the debian installer boot menu, i select Install and press TAB to
edit the menu entry. I remove the "quiet" at the end and append from
--- onwards so at the end it looks like this:
(omitted part)/install.amd/vmlinuz desktop=xfce vga=788
initrd=/install.amd/initrd.gz --- clocksource=tsc console=ttyS0,115200
noapic
The text based installer starts and i'm able to choose language,
location and keyboard.
At the "Detect and mount CD-ROM section, i'm informed that "No common
CD-ROM drive was detected." and i'm given the option to load CD-ROM
drivers from removable media. When i select NO the installer gives me
the option to manually select a CD-ROM module or device. I can choose
between none and cdrom. The cdrom option just asks me for a device
like /dev/ cdrom
I tried with debian netboot image - same problem.
I've read Mike Larkin's slides "OpenBSD vmm/vmd Update" and if some of
you are running linux in vmm (for testing purposes of course) i would
be gratefull to know how did you manage to get past this problem?
Best regards, Ales
