Package: debian-installer
Severity: Important
Tags: main-menu
Hi,
I was using pxe to install debian buster guest on xenserver and in kernel boot
parameter I set 2 console parmeters as below
# Generated by XenRT
SERIAL 0 9600
PROMPT 1
TIMEOUT 20
DEFAULT install
LABEL install
KERNEL xenrt/2705858-xenrt1vgtuzco/linux
APPEND vga=normal fb=false auto=true priority=high interface=eth0
url=http://xx.xx.xx.xx/export/2705858-xenrth6vsdxd8/preseed-xenrtdebian10646c3b5e66.cfg
initrd=xenrt/2705858-xenrt1vgtuzco/initrd.gz console=hvc0 console=tty0
Preseed file is configured as below
#_preseed_V1
d-i preseed/early_command string tail -f /var/log/syslog > /dev/hvc0 &
d-i debian-installer/language string en
d-i debian-installer/country string NL
d-i debian-installer/locale string en_GB.UTF-8
d-i debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated string true
d-i console-keymaps-at/keymap select us
d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select us
d-i netcfg/choose_interface select eth0
d-i netcfg/get_hostname string localhost
d-i netcfg/get_domain string xxxxx
d-i mirror/country string enter information
manually
d-i mirror/country string manual
d-i mirror/http/hostname string xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
d-i mirror/http/directory string /debian/
d-i apt-setup/security_host string xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
d-i apt-setup/security_path string /debian/
d-i mirror/http/proxy string
d-i mirror/udeb/suite string buster
d-i mirror/suite string buster
d-i time/zone string string UTC
d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/xvda
d-i partman-auto/method string regular
d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select Finish partitioning and
write changes to disk
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i passwd/make-user boolean false
d-i passwd/****-password-crypted password
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server psmisc
ntpdate net-tools
d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean false
d-i grub-installer/bootdev string /dev/xvda
d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
d-i debian-installer/exit/poweroff boolean true
d-i apt-setup/services-select multiselect none
d-i apt-setup/cdrom/set-first boolean false
d-i apt-setup/cdrom/set-next boolean false
d-i apt-setup/cdrom/set-failed boolean false
d-i apt-setup/use_mirror boolean false
d-i preseed/late_command string sed -i 's/#PermitRootLogin
prohibit-password/PermitRootLogin yes/g' /target/etc/ssh/sshd_config;
/target/etc/init.d/ssh restart; sed -i 's/quiet/console=hvc0 console=tty0/g'
/target/boot/grub/grub.cfg /target/etc/default/grub;
d-i base-installer/install-recommends boolean false
popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate
boolean false
tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard
The kernel command line is show as below in /var/log/syslog:
Nov 4 12:55:46 kernel: [ 0.289806] Kernel command line: vga=normal fb=false
auto=true priority=high interface=eth0
url=http://xx.xx.xx.xx/export/2705858-xenrtyuf645_j/preseed-xenrtdebian10646c3b5e66.cfg
initrd=xenrt/2705858-xenrtncn2hqb1/initrd.gz console=hvc0 console=tty0
BOOT_IMAGE=xenrt/2705858-xenrtncn2hqb1/linux
The set 2 consoles all enabled successfully, but later it will set
debconf/language twice, it seems not just copy console from perferred console
tty0, but just start 2 debian-installer on both consoles, it is not reasonable
for one system install to start debian-installer twice, and then
'/var/lib/dpkg/status', in the install enviroment I only find
/var/lib/dpkg/status.bak seems like a resource competing caused lock and backup.
Nov 4 12:55:46 syslogd started: BusyBox v1.30.1
Nov 4 12:55:46 kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.30.1 (Debian 1:1.30.1-4)
Nov 4 12:55:46 kernel: [ 0.000000] Linux version 4.19.0-6-amd64
(debian-ker...@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 8.3.0 (Debian 8.3.0-6)) #1 SMP
Debian 4.19.67-2 (2019-08-28)
Nov 4 12:55:46 kernel: [ 0.000000] Command line: vga=normal fb=false
auto=true priority=high interface=eth0
url=http://xx.xx.xx.xx/export/2705858-xenrtyuf645_j/preseed-xenrtdebian10646c3b5e66.cfg
initrd=xenrt/2705858-xenrtncn2hqb1/initrd.gz console=hvc0 console=tty0
BOOT_IMAGE=xenrt/2705858-xenrtncn2hqb1/linux
...?
Nov 4 12:55:46 kernel: [ 0.379546] Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Nov 4 12:55:46 kernel: [ 0.562933] console [tty0] enabled
Nov 4 12:55:46 kernel: [ 0.566842] console [hvc0] enabled
....
Nov 4 12:55:48 reopen-console: Looking at console tty0 from /proc/consoles
Nov 4 12:55:48 reopen-console: Adding tty0 to consoles list
Nov 4 12:55:48 reopen-console: tty0 is preferred
Nov 4 12:55:48 reopen-console: Looking at console hvc0 from /proc/consoles
Nov 4 12:55:48 reopen-console: Adding hvc0 to consoles list
Nov 4 12:55:48 reopen-console: Adding inittab entry for tty0
Nov 4 12:55:48 reopen-console: Adding inittab entry for hvc0
Nov 4 12:55:48 reopen-console: Restarting init to start d-i on the consoles we
found
Nov 4 12:55:48 init: reloading /etc/inittab
Nov 4 12:55:48 init: starting pid 207, tty '/dev/tty4': '/usr/bin/tail -f
/var/log/syslog'
Nov 4 12:55:48 init: starting pid 208, tty '/dev/tty0':
'/sbin/debian-installer'
Nov 4 12:55:48 init: starting pid 209, tty '/dev/hvc0':
'/sbin/debian-installer'
Nov 4 12:55:48 kernel: [ 5.041972] random: crng init done
Nov 4 12:55:49 debconf: Setting debconf/language to en
Nov 4 12:55:49 debconf: Setting debconf/language to en
Nov 4 12:55:49 main-menu[242]: INFO: Falling back to the package description
for brltty-udeb
Nov 4 12:55:49 main-menu[246]: INFO: Falling back to the package description
for brltty-udeb
Nov 4 12:55:49 main-menu[242]: INFO: Falling back to the package description
for brltty-udeb
Nov 4 12:55:49 main-menu[242]: INFO: Falling back to the package description
for brltty-udeb
Nov 4 12:55:49 main-menu[242]: INFO: Menu item 'brltty-udeb' selected
Nov 4 12:55:49 main-menu[246]: INFO: Falling back to the package description
for brltty-udeb
Nov 4 12:55:49 main-menu[246]: INFO: Falling back to the package description
for brltty-udeb
Nov 4 12:55:49 main-menu[246]: INFO: Menu item 'brltty-udeb' selected
Nov 4 12:55:49 main-menu[242]: /var/lib/dpkg/status: No such file or directory
Nov 4 12:55:49 main-menu[242]: /var/lib/dpkg/status: No such file or directory
Nov 4 12:55:49 main-menu[242]: WARNING **: Configuring 'preseed-common' failed
with error code 1
Nov 4 12:55:49 main-menu[242]: WARNING **: Menu item 'brltty-udeb' failed.
Nov 4 12:55:49 main-menu[242]: WARNING **: Unable to set title for brltty-udeb.
Nov 4 12:55:49 main-menu[242]: INFO: Falling back to the package description
for brltty-udeb
Nov 4 12:55:49 main-menu[246]: /var/lib/dpkg/status: No such file or directory
Nov 4 12:55:49 main-menu[246]: /var/lib/dpkg/status: No such file or directory
Nov 4 12:55:49 main-menu[246]: WARNING **: Configuring 'cdebconf-udeb' failed
with error code 1
Nov 4 12:55:49 main-menu[246]: WARNING **: Menu item 'brltty-udeb' failed.
Nov 4 12:55:49 main-menu[246]: WARNING **: Unable to set title for brltty-udeb.
Nov 4 12:55:49 main-menu[246]: INFO: Falling back to the package description
for brltty-udeb
Thanks,
xihuany
