Bug#309223: Did this ever get resolved?

[Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>]

reassign 309223 debian-installer
tags 309223 wontfix
thanks

On Wednesday 09 July 2008, Alan Deikman wrote:
> I have the same problem on a NEC Jasper board, using the Debian 4.0r2
> net install CD.

The main issue here is interaction with the bootloader (syslinux).

> Is there any way to edit the parameters on the ISO image so that it
> forces the loader AND the kernel to ignore the VGA hardware and work
> via the serial port?

You should be able to change the syslinux config so that it
1) does not wait for enter, but just boots using a preset set of
   options
2) uses the serial console

A CD-based install is possible but probably not the most suited for that 
as it requires remastering of the CD image. I'd try either netboot or 
boot from USB stick (using hw-media image). See the installation guide 
for details.

Cheers,
FJP