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Re: [Xen-users] OpenBSD 4.0 HVM guest


  • To: "Luca Corti" <luca@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: "Henning Sprang" <henning_sprang@xxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:36:58 +0100
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On 12/31/06, Luca Corti <luca@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 00:13 +0100, Henning Sprang wrote:
> I tried that, but when using SDL or VNC the screen is too unreadable
> to get an installation as I want it. When trying to install via serial
> console with nographic=1 I get no output anywhere.

Well, don't know what you exactely mean by 'too unreadable'.

Not easy to explain. The text lines are completely scrambled. I can
see questions about installation stuff at the last line at the bottom,
but It's hard to tell which text  above belongs to this question. I
attach a screenshot here that explains it much better.

It might be possible to get a default install done done way by just
hitting return again and again, and having a openbsd installation
procedure running on real hardware next to you, so you know what you
have to enter, but things like a custom configuration is not possible
like this.

It's basically the same as I always had. With freebsd it's even worse,
and netbsd doesn't even come that far, stopping somewhere in the
middle of kernel boot messages, without an error.

I managed
to install by setting the terminal emulation to VT100 when asked.

Here it doesn't get any better when chosing vt100.

I didn't use that during the install. I just enabled the serialconsole
on com0 at the end of the install and then used it to access the VM on
boot with 'xm console'. As said I can't post my configuration file right
now, but will do as soon as I get back to the office.

I think the only thing that might help would be getting the install cd
giving me output on the serial console, but I didn't get that done yet
(if possible at all).

Henning

Attachment: openbsd_install_screenshot.png
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