Re: [Qemu-discuss] debian installer - text mode

[Carl Karsten]

solved!
Thank you #qemu

the magic is:

--append fb=false
qemu...-display curses

you can see it in action here:

https://github.com/CarlFK/video-stack-deploy/blob/usbstick/scripts/mk_usb_installer.sh
https://github.com/CarlFK/video-stack-deploy/blob/usbstick/scripts/test_thumb.sh

On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 1:09 PM, Carl Karsten <address@hidden>
wrote:

> I am trying to run the text mode debian installer as the guest.
> the host is a headless box I ssh into.
>
> I don't need or want any graphics anything.
>
> I think the installer probes the graphics card to figure out what it can
> do.  I think qemu would not advertise any vga modes, then di would not try
> to use them.  or if it does, and qemu errors, it would fall back to text
> mode.
>
> I can pass parameters to the linux kernel like (digging up 2 year old
> stuff that should still be relevant:
>
> APPEND --- debconf/priority=high auto=true netcfg/dhcp_timeout=60
> url=negk:8000
> fb=false \
> vga=normal \
> console=ttyS0,9600n8
>
> boot that from a usb stick:
>
> qemu-system-x86_64 -m 256     -drive file=disk.cow,index=0     -drive
> file=/dev/sdb,index=1,format=raw,if=none,id=thumb       -device
> ide-hd,drive=thumb,bootindex=1 \
> -display curses
>
> I see this in text:
>
> SeaBIOS (version 1.10.2-1)
> iPXE (http://ipxe.org) 00:03.0 CA00 PCI2.10 PnP PMM+0FF90D40+0FED0D40 CA00
> Booting from Hard Disk...
>
> and then qemu uses 100% of my cpu and I have no idea what it is doing.
>
> QEMU emulator version 2.8.1(Debian 1:2.8+dfsg-6)
>
>
>
> --
> Carl K
>
>


-- 
Carl K