Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] ts-debian-hvm-install: use text installer frontend

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 16:50 +0100, Wei Liu wrote:
> The installation log is output to serial console so that we can know if
> there's anything wrong.

Where does the serial console end up?
prepareguest_part_xencfg sets serial='file:/dev/stderr' which I suppose
directs it to the qemu stderr which is logged?

FWIW I normally use serial='pty', which ends up directing it to
xenconsole (somehow...)

> 
> Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  ts-debian-hvm-install |    4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/ts-debian-hvm-install b/ts-debian-hvm-install
> index c322d6b..03f585a 100755
> --- a/ts-debian-hvm-install
> +++ b/ts-debian-hvm-install
> @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ set default="0"
>  set timeout=5
>  
>  menuentry 'debian guest auto Install' {
> -    linux /install.amd/vmlinuz console=vga console=ttyS0,115200n8 
> preseed/file=/preseed.cfg
> +    linux /install.amd/vmlinuz DEBCONF_DEBUG=5 DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text 
> console=ttyS0,115200n8 preseed/file=/preseed.cfg
>      initrd /install.amd/initrd.gz
>  }
>  END
> @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ sub isolinux_cfg () {
>  
>      label autoinstall
>          kernel /install.amd/vmlinuz
> -        append video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr vga=788 console=ttyS0,115200n8 
> preseed/file=/preseed.cfg initrd=/install.amd/initrd.gz
> +        append DEBCONF_DEBUG=5 DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text console=ttyS0,115200n8 
> preseed/file=/preseed.cfg initrd=/install.amd/initrd.gz
>  END
>  }
>  



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