Bug#960390: x86_64: No serial port output

[Punit Agrawal <punit1.agrawal@toshiba.co.jp>]

john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> writes:

> On 5/12/2020 11:36 AM, Punit Agrawal wrote:
>> john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> writes:

[...]

>> This does not start the Debian installer. The issue reported is that the
>> grub shipping with DI does not output to serial console and hence can't
>> be used with "-nographic". It's maybe that the same issue is faced when
>> installing on hardware with no display but I have not confirmed this.
>>
>> The aim is to be able to install debian in a VM using the iso images
>
> That is exactly what I'm doing! :)

Thanks for clarifying. Sorry I misunderstood your reply.

>>> -nographic -cdrom *.iso -kernel  kernel-path -append
>>> "console=ttyS0,115200n8 ..."

> Okay, you want something working out of the box but note that what you
> want is already possible if you use the proper arguments.

The above parameters do not launch the installer from the iso here. I am
not quite sure what the right arguments are. I wonder if
"root=<rootfs_device>" to the kernel will do the trick. Will give that a
try.

> I did get what you were complaning about, I was simply providing a
> workaround to get you going.

I worked around this by using the graphical install and enabling serial
output in the installed image but I think this can be made to work
out-of-box and we shouldn't need a workaround. Fingers crossed.