Bug#1036215: marked as done (installation-reports: PXE netboot x86_64 libvirt guest on aarch64 host)
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Package: installation-reports
Boot method: PXE netboot
Image version: netboot.tar.gz from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-amd64/20230515/images/netboot/
Machine: QEMU TCG x86_64 libvirt guest on aarch64 host
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [O]
Detect media: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [O]
Comments/Problems:
This report is about the successful installation of Bookworm on a x86_64 guest
running on a aarch64 host. The guest was installed with virt-manager using PXE
boot and UEFI Secure Boot enabled. Everything went smoothly except:
(A) some troubles with the UEFI PXE boot device to choose
(B) failure to load the grub splash screen
(A)
At VM startup I've entered the UEFI firmware and booted selecting the first
PXEv4 option, see [0].
Choosing the first one *seemed* to work fine, but it ended up in a Secure Boot
error (see [1]). Disabling Secure Boot did not fix the problem, I still got a
"Invalid Parameter" error. It eventually became clear that I had to boot with
[2] instead. I'm not really sure what the difference between the two may be,
and if this is an issue in the Tianocore firmware.
At any rate, [2] worked fine with and without Secure Boot enabled. I went on
with a preseeded installation, which finished uneventfully.
I then noticed the following errors in the libvirtd logs on the host (B):
sarzana dnsmasq-tftp[7413]: file /srv/tftp/bookworm/isolinux/splash.png not found for 192.168.122.7
sarzana dnsmasq-tftp[7413]: file /srv/tftp/bookworm/splash.png not found for 192.168.122.7
The grub.cfg file under /debian-installer/amd64/grub/grub.cfg has the following
conditionals:
if background_image /isolinux/splash.png; then
[...]
elif background_image /splash.png; then
The splash screen is loaded correctly replacing either of those with
/debian-installer/amd64/boot-screens/splash.png instead.
[0] https://people.debian.org/~ema/RC3-x86_64-uefi-firmware.png
[1] https://people.debian.org/~ema/RC3-x86_64-uefi-firmware-sb-error.png
[2] https://people.debian.org/~ema/RC3-x86_64-uefi-firmware-right-entry.png
PS:
To test PXE boot with libvirt I've edited the default network with:
$ sudo virsh net-edit default
Here's what the <ip> part looks like:
<tftp root='/srv/tftp/bookworm'/>
<dhcp>
<range start='192.168.122.2' end='192.168.122.254'/>
<bootp file='/debian-installer/amd64/bootnetx64.efi'/>
I've untarred netboot.tar.gz under /srv/tftp/bookworm/.
After editing the network, I re-created it with:
$ sudo virsh net-destroy default && sudo virsh net-start default
Although I'm not 100% sure it was necessary, I've also restarted libvirt and
shot a couple of dnsmasq processes that seemed to want to stick around:
$ sudo systemctl stop libvirtd && sudo pkill dnsmasq && sudo systemctl start libvirtd
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: debian-installer
Source-Version: 20230526
Done: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debian-installer, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 1036215@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
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Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> (supplier of updated debian-installer package)
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Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 09:08:23 +0200
Source: debian-installer
Architecture: source
Version: 20230526
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
Closes: 1036215 1036771
Changes:
debian-installer (20230526) unstable; urgency=medium
.
[ Emanuele Rocca ]
* build/config/x86.cfg: add /splash.png symlink to make GRUB load the
splash screen when using netboot (Closes: #1036215).
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[ Cyril Brulebois ]
* Update translation-status for the release.
* Fix colors in GRUB submenus for x86 netboot (Closes: #1036771).
* Add CHECK_MINIMAL_VERSION support, so that the release manager can
combine speedy uploads and peace of mind.
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