Bug#576206: debian-installer: [ppc] does not work with serial console

[Michal Suchanek <michal.suchanek@ruk.cuni.cz>]

On 04/01/2010 05:03 PM, Frans Pop wrote:
> tag 576206 moreinfo
> thanks
>
> On Thursday 01 April 2010, Michal Suchanek<hramrach@centrum.cz>  wrote:
>    
> > qemu-system-ppc -m 1024 -net nic -net
> > tap,ifname=tap0,script=no,downscript=nomg -cdrom
> > debian-504-powerpc-netinst.iso  -boot d -nographic
> >      

Sorry, part of the commandline got lost somehow:

qemu-system-ppc -m 1024 -net nic -net 
tap,ifname=tap0,script=no,downscript=no ppc.img -cdrom 
debian-504-powerpc-netinst.iso -boot d -nographic
> > does not seem to do anything.
> >
> > Without -nographic a prompt on yellow screen appears where you can type
> > something to boot an installer.
> >      
> I think this is an error in how you're trying to boot the installer or your
> qemu invocation rather than a bug.
> I don't really know anything about powerpc myself, nor how to use qemu for
> powerpc, so I suggest you ask on the debian-powerpc list for help.
>    
Changing the "-boot d" to "-boot c" gives access to the installed system 
with full serial support from the quik bootloader so I don't think this 
is the case.
> The installer does have serial console support and I'm not aware of any
> issues with that on real powerpc hardware.
>
>    

Perhaps on hardware different from the one qemu emulates?

Thanks

Michal