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
