Re: pxe booting qemu

2019-09-23 Thread Frantisek Rysanek
On 23 Sep 2019 at 20:25, john doe wrote: > > I already have the preseed file working, for now, I do install Debian > > from a usb key and at the boot prompt I fetch the preseed file from http > > with something like: > > > > boot: auto console=ttyS0,115200n8 interface=auto url= > > > > The all

Re: pxe booting qemu

2019-09-23 Thread john doe
On 9/23/2019 1:26 PM, john doe wrote: > Hi Michael, > > On 9/23/2019 12:41 PM, Michael Kesper wrote: >> Hi John, >> >> On 23.09.19 10:27, john doe wrote: >>> I'm currently using the netinst.iso file to install Debian as a guest VM >>> using Qemu. >>> This approach works fine if you want to install

Re: pxe booting qemu

2019-09-23 Thread Frantisek Rysanek
On 23 Sep 2019 at 13:26, john doe wrote: ... > > If the kernel in the netboot image gets out of sync with the kernel module > > packages, > > then the modules won't load and the install will fail, > > the usual symptoms are that messages about "missing symbols" appear > > in the ctrl-alt-f4

Re: pxe booting qemu

2019-09-23 Thread Raymond Burkholder
On 2019-09-23 5:26 a.m., john doe wrote: On 9/23/2019 12:41 PM, Michael Kesper wrote: On 23.09.19 10:27, john doe wrote: I'm currently using the netinst.iso file to install Debian as a guest VM using Qemu. This approach works fine if you want to install multiple VM on the same host. My goal

Re: pxe booting qemu

2019-09-23 Thread john doe
Hi Michael, On 9/23/2019 12:41 PM, Michael Kesper wrote: > Hi John, > > On 23.09.19 10:27, john doe wrote: >> I'm currently using the netinst.iso file to install Debian as a guest VM >> using Qemu. >> This approach works fine if you want to install multiple VM on the same >> host. >> My goal with

Re: pxe booting qemu

2019-09-23 Thread Michael Kesper
Hi John, On 23.09.19 10:27, john doe wrote: > I'm currently using the netinst.iso file to install Debian as a guest VM > using Qemu. > This approach works fine if you want to install multiple VM on the same > host. > My goal with using PXE booting is to test how to install from the > network

Re: pxe booting qemu

2019-09-23 Thread john doe
Hi Michael, thanks for your answer. On 9/23/2019 8:57 AM, Michael Kesper wrote: > Hi John, > > On 22.09.19 09:47, john doe wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to install Debian 10.1 using pxe and qemu. > > Is pxe booting a strong requirement for you? > It's much easier to start booting from a cdrom

Re: pxe booting qemu

2019-09-23 Thread Michael Kesper
Hi John, On 22.09.19 09:47, john doe wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install Debian 10.1 using pxe and qemu. Is pxe booting a strong requirement for you? It's much easier to start booting from a cdrom image. A "netinst" image is sufficient: https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ Bye Michael

Re: pxe booting qemu

2019-09-22 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 07:18:31PM +0200, john doe wrote: > On 9/22/2019 4:22 PM, Geert Stappers wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 09:47:11AM +0200, john doe wrote: > >> > >> I'm trying to install Debian 10.1 using pxe and qemu. > >> I've downloaded the netboot.tar.gz, extracted it and use the

Re: pxe booting qemu

2019-09-22 Thread john doe
On 9/22/2019 4:22 PM, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 09:47:11AM +0200, john doe wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to install Debian 10.1 using pxe and qemu. >> I've downloaded the netboot.tar.gz, extracted it and use the following >> qemu command: >> >> ... -boot n -net

Re: pxe booting qemu

2019-09-22 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 09:47:11AM +0200, john doe wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install Debian 10.1 using pxe and qemu. > I've downloaded the netboot.tar.gz, extracted it and use the following > qemu command: > > ... -boot n -net user,tftp=,bootfile=pxelinux.0 > > "Failed to load ldlinux.c32

pxe booting qemu

2019-09-22 Thread john doe
Hi, I'm trying to install Debian 10.1 using pxe and qemu. I've downloaded the netboot.tar.gz, extracted it and use the following qemu command: ... -boot n -net user,tftp=,bootfile=pxelinux.0 "Failed to load ldlinux.c32 Boot failed: press a key to retry, or wait for reset..." This is on