On 2017-04-26, Reyk Floeter <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 11:15:57AM -0700, Mike Larkin wrote: >> 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. >> > > vmd -current is ready to handle sgabios with a different BIOS image. > > sthen@ has made an updated sysutils/firmware/vmm port that includes > sgabios, but it is not available yet,
It's there now. If you're on -current, just run "fw_update".
