[issue1280] grml under ESXi 5.5

[Andrzej Tobola]

Andrzej Tobola <ato at iem.pw.edu.pl> added the comment:

Hello Michael,

On Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 10:06:58AM +0000, Michael Prokop wrote:
> Michael Prokop <mika at grml.org> added the comment:
> * Andrzej Tobola wrote in grml's BTS on 20131005 / 11:49:
> 
> > Can't boot 2013.09 release version in virtual machine under VMware
> > ESXi 5.5 rc1 was working.
> 
> > There is hang-up after:
> 
> >   * Waiting for /dev/ to be fully populated
> 
> 64bit? 32bit? grml-full? grml-small?

I diagnosed problem - it was vga=791 kernel option

I am booting physical and virtual machines from LAN using iPXE:

  set url http://10.146.146.22/pub/Linux/GRML/2013.09		# mount point of iso
  kernel ${url}/boot/grml64full/vmlinuz  fetch=${url}/live/grml64-full.squashfs boot=live \
    apm=power-off nomce noprompt noeject vga=791 tz=Europe/Warsaw lang=pl
  initrd ${url}/boot/grml64full/initrd.img
  boot

without vga= all is OK.

I have another (old) problem with Logitech USB Unifying receiver (connects kbd+mouse)
It is not working. The same under Debian Live 7.0.0 so it is not GRLM specific.
Any clue ?

regards,
-a
PS
Any url/example how to generate and use encpasswd= ?

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messages: 4642, 4643, 4644
nosy: ato
priority: bug
status: need-eg
title: grml under ESXi 5.5

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