Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!aioe.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED.188.28.244.115!not-for-mail From: Tim Watts Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Debian installer on KVM VM Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 06:57:59 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 37 Message-ID: <74lp98-fk3.ln1@squidward.dionic.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Injection-Info: mx03.eternal-september.org; posting-host="188.28.244.115"; logging-data="19179"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org" User-Agent: KNode/4.4.10 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.misc:1063 Bill Marcum wrote: > On 2011-05-10, Tim Watts 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