Re: set boot parameter vga=ask before debian wheezy 7.6 dvd install

[Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com>]

On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 03:41:26 -0400 (EDT), Dennis Luehring wrote:
> 
> i try to install an qemu-sparc version of debian wheezy 7.6 (dvd-iso)
> the qemu graphics emulation is not full ready yet (freezing very early, 
> textmode works) so i want to
> try using the vga=ask boot parameter if there is a working framebuffer 
> variant
> 
> but the vga=ask parameter seems to be deprecated - is there any other 
> parameter i can try?
> 
> after qemus OpenBios boot i can see debians install prompt "boot:" 
> asking for ENTER=install, resuce or expert
> mode - what do i need to type in booting the dvd iso kernel with parameters?

I'm guessing that you are using grub2 as your boot loader.  To use
the vga option with grub2, you have to use the linux16 command
(and the corresponding initrd16 command) instead of the linux and
initrd commands, respectively.  See

   https://wiki.debian.org/GrubTransition

for details, particularly the footnote at the bottom of the page.

I use lilo as my boot loader.  See

   http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/lilo.htm

for details.

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