On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 06:47:17PM +0200, Karl Pettersson wrote: > Arch Linux works well as a vmd guest. Some notes about my experiences > installing the system: > > * The Arch installation can be started from the serial console, see: > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Working_with_the_serial_console > #Installing_Arch_Linux_using_the_serial_console > However, the installation still tends to be unstable, due to unreliable > downloads (which has been discussed earlier). Until this is fixed, the > installation can be run in QEMU, or in a guest under Linux/KVM (as is > currently required by distributions with graphical install). > > * Syslinux has to be used as bootloader, and serial console should be > enabled: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslinux#Serial_console > Moreover, the generated config has to be edited to point to the > correct root device, and if Ext4 is used as root file system, it must > not be 64bit (which is enabled by default when the file system is > created): http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Filesystem >
Thanks for trying this out and reporting Karl. The notes about serial console are welcome. Do note that we are working toward an sgabios + seabios payload so that you will be able to install from media that uses the regular VGA console (sgabios redirects VGA text mode I/O to the serial console). There are a couple of developers working on this, hopefully it will make it to the tree soon. -ml
