image flash, rufus, grub.cfg - booting text mode/console

[OliverH]

Hello community!

I'm interested testing all the cool features to come with the truenas scale project. everything starts with the download and flash of the media. i do have hardware without vga so i have to setup via putty and the console. i tried flashing a nighty with rufus and the dd mode but grub.cfg has got no entries for text mode. so my only option is to flash with the ISO mode and edit the grub.cfg on the usb-drive to get the start menu running

this is the grub.cfg from the nightly:

Code:

function load_video {
  if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
    insmod all_video
  else
    insmod efi_gop
    insmod efi_uga
    insmod ieee1275_fb
    insmod vbe
    insmod vga
    insmod video_bochs
    insmod video_cirrus
  fi
}

if loadfont $prefix/fonts/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=auto
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
  set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
  set lang=en_US
  set gfxpayload=keep
fi
terminal_output gfxterm

serial --unit=0 --speed=9600 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1

set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
set menu_color_highlight=white/blue

terminal_output gfxterm
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then
  set timeout=30
else
  if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
#    set timeout_style=hidden
    set timeout=3
  # Fallback hidden-timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
  # unavailable.
  elif sleep --interruptible 0 ; then
    set timeout=3
  fi
fi

insmod play
play 960 440 1 0 4 440 1
menuentry --hotkey=i 'Start TrueNAS SCALE Installation' {
    load_video
    set background_color=black
    linux    /vmlinuz vga=788 --- quiet nomodeset boot=live toram=filesystem.squashfs console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0
    initrd   /initrd.img
}

i tried to build my own grub.cfg with infos from this site here:

GNU GRUB Manual 2.12: Top

GNU GRUB Manual 2.12: Top

www.gnu.org

my idea is suggesting two entries for gfx mode and txt mode. if permanently added i could use dd for my next tests.

Code:

function load_video {
  insmod efi_gop
  insmod efi_uga
  insmod video_bochs
  insmod video_cirrus
  insmod ieee1275_fb
  insmod vbe
  insmod vga
  insmod all_video
}

function load_gfx {
  insmod gfxmenu
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod gfxterm_menu
  insmod gfxterm_background
  gfxmode=auto
  gfxpayload=keep
  menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
  menu_color_highlight=white/blue
  background_color=black
  color_normal=yellow/black
  terminal_output gfxterm
}

set timeout=10
set default=1
set gfxpayload=text
set console=ttyS0,115200
set console=tty0

serial --speed=115200 --unit=0 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1
terminal_input serial console
terminal_output serial console

#menu entries
menuentry 'Start TrueNAS SCALE Installation video' --hotkey=i {
    load_video
    load_gfx
    linux /vmlinuz vga=788 --- quiet nomodeset boot=live toram=filesystem.squashfs console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0
    initrd /initrd.img
}
menuentry 'Start TrueNAS SCALE Installation text' --hotkey=i {
    echo    'Loading vmlinuz ...'
    linux /boot/vmlinuz-5.9.0-1-amd64 gfxpayload=text quiet nomodeset boot=live toram=filesystem.squashfs console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0
    echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ....'
    initrd /boot/initrd.img-5.9.0-1-amd64
}

linux /vmlinuz isnt found when starting thats why i linked directly to the images. (no symlink?)

i can make some further grub.cfg tests (not sure if all the options are needed for txt bootup) if helpful for the community.

greetz oliver :)

 

[OliverH]

in addition to my post: the installer doesnt detect my MMC drive....where to post this information?

 

[morganL]

It's a bug or a feature request.... please report the bug

 

[OliverH]

Hi MorganL ;-) where to report? greetz :)

 

[morganL]

"Report a bug" menu item above... it takes you to jira.ixsystems.com