[Bug 1505839] Re: Unable to install from text mode interface

[Rickard von Essen]

The workaround from https://github.com/boxcutter/ubuntu/issues/22 works.

Instead of pressing escape twice and enter to enter text mode do select
your language and push F6, enter and escape to enable expert mode and
then remove everything from Boot Options and then add the above line:

  /install/vmlinuz auto url=http://10.0.2.2:8081/ubuntu-15-04.cfg
debian-installer=en_US locale=en_US kbd-chooser/method=us
hostname=myhostname keyboard-configuration/modelcode=SKIP keyboard-
configuration/layout=USA keyboard-configuration/variant=USA
initrd=/install/initrd.gz --

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Title:
  Unable to install from text mode interface

Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I use packer (https://www.packer.io) to automate the creation of
  Ubuntu virtual machine images. It's "boot_command" allows you to pass
  key presses to the installer. For 15.04, I use something like this:

  -----

              "boot_command": [
                  "<esc><esc><enter><wait>",
                  "/install/vmlinuz auto url=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/ubuntu-15-04.cfg ",
                  "debian-installer=en_US locale=en_US kbd-chooser/method=us ",
                  "hostname={{ .Name }} ",

                  "keyboard-configuration/modelcode=SKIP ",
                  "keyboard-configuration/layout=USA ",
                  "keyboard-configuration/variant=USA ",

                  "initrd=/install/initrd.gz -- <enter>"
              ],

  ----

  Pressing escape twice and then enter brings you to the text mode
  interface and then it boots the installer with a preseed file served
  over HTTP:

      /install/vmlinuz auto url=http://10.0.2.2:8081/ubuntu-15-04.cfg
  debian-installer=en_US locale=en_US kbd-chooser/method=us
  hostname=myhostname keyboard-configuration/modelcode=SKIP keyboard-
  configuration/layout=USA keyboard-configuration/variant=USA
  initrd=/install/initrd.gz --

  This successfully boots and installs on 15.04. On 15.10 it displays:

  ----

  Loading bootlogo...

  Initializing gfx code...

  ----

  And then returns to the to the language selection screen. Manually
  booting the iso and entering the text mode interface, the same thing
  happens. I've tried with both the 10/13 daily and Beta-2 images.

  I see others are running into this as well
  https://github.com/boxcutter/ubuntu/issues/22

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