Re: Debian installer on KVM VM

From	Tim Watts <tw@dionic.net>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Debian installer on KVM VM
Followup-To	comp.os.linux.misc
Date	2011-05-11 06:57 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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Bill Marcum wrote:

> On 2011-05-10, Tim Watts <tw@dionic.net> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Curious one:
>>
>> Debian 6.0 installer locked up (just after printing "ETCD") before going
>> into the isolinux graphical splash when I tried to install it on a
>> KVM hypervisor based virtual machine.
>>
>> Installed fine under QEMU (slowly!). Transferred the disk image back to
>> the KVM based VM and it booted fine and, as expected, ran rather better.
>>
>> Any idea what could be upsetting KVM in the installer stage? I tried
>> various virtual graphics cards and fiddled with a number of other things.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Tim
> 
> Maybe you should submit a bug or see if one has been reported for
> debian-installer running under KVM. Have you tried installing earlier
> versions of Debian in the same virtual machine?
> 
> 

Yep - could be good to try 5.0 and if that breaks, Fedora or something.

It feels like it is something to do with the splash graphic in VGA mode, but 
that might be a red herring.

Cheers

Tim

-- 
Tim Watts

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Debian installer on KVM VM Tim Watts <tw@dionic.net> - 2011-05-10 08:02 +0100
  Re: Debian installer on KVM VM Bill Marcum <bill@lat.localnet> - 2011-05-10 14:46 -0400
    Re: Debian installer on KVM VM Tim Watts <tw@dionic.net> - 2011-05-11 06:57 +0100

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