[SUMMARY] Re: How to access installation logfiles? - a failed attempt to install Debian Stretch in a virtual machine

[borissh1983 at gmail.com]

On Sunday 17 April 2016 11:37:43 Omer Zak wrote:
> Two people replied (thanks!).
> 
> borissh1983 suggested to mount the raw image and copy files directly
> from there, using tools like: qemu-nbd, vfuse/vdfuse.
> As an alternative, he suggested to convert using:
> "VBoxManage clonehd --format RAW input.vfi output.img"
> (disclaimer: the command was not checked)
> and then mount directly the image.
> 

I forgot to add, if the vm is in a working state you may be able to access it via ssh or cifs (remember to install vbox tools).

You would do that by  using the vbox network interface  (or any other network interface that had been setup to fwd traffic) if ssh is working inside the vm , don't forgot to setup up port forwarding.
Regarding the mount : input.vfi is just a name of your file (it should actually be input.vdi )  - never mount a live machine and if you do it will eat your cat and install win10 on your laptop. 

To get the actual name from the  VM_NAME use  VBoxManage showvminfo VM_NAME | grep vdi
Don't know your OS but , the names are case sensitive and you need to work with the actual file used for the latest snapshot . 


> shlomif suggested to reboot the VM using a LiveDVD/LiveCD, mount the
> installation virtual disk and copy the relevant files outside using
> scp/rsync/sftp/lftp/etc
> 
> I am saving the suggestions for future reference.
> 
> For now, I ended up installing Debian Jessie (Stable) and then upgrading
> to Testing and to Unstable.
> 
> --- Omer
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2016-04-17 at 09:25 +0300, Omer Zak wrote:
> > I found that there are layout problems in the Hebrew PDF file in the
> > debian-refcard package.
> > 
> > To fix the problems, I am building a virtual machine (using VirtualBox)
> > for a Debian Stretch (Unstable) installation.
> > 
> > I tried to install using debian-stretch-DI-alpha5-amd64-netinst.iso
> > but in middle, there was a message that installation failed.
> > 
> > I was offered the possibility to access the installation logfiles from
> > http://10.0.2.15/
> > I tried but it did not work. Apparently installation was not
> > sufficiently complete to make it possible.
> > 
> > Is there another way to access the installation logfiles, so that I can
> > file a proper bug report?
> > 
> > For now, I am installing Debian Jessie (Stable) with intention to update
> > later to Debian Unstable.
> > 
> > --- Omer Zak
> 
> 
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