Re: Debian installer on KVM VM

From	Bill Marcum <bill@lat.localnet>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Debian installer on KVM VM
Date	2011-05-10 14:46 -0400
Organization	Mankind for Ethical Animal Treatment
Message-ID	<slrnisj20s.5u2.bill@lat.localnet> (permalink)
References	<nh4n98-0qt.ln1@squidward.dionic.net>

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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?


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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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