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#111 Clonezilla with 80x25 resolution

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2018-04-22
2018-04-18
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I'm attempting to re-image a HD in a card inside an ATCA-like chassis. The HD has RHEL 6.3 and it doesn't have a VGA driver. I'm using Clonezila Live and booting from a flashdrive. I get to the Clonezilla screen and I select: "Other modes of Clonezilla live". A new screen appears and this is where the issue happens because I have not be able to find the correct selection/input to continue. When I select either "To RAM" or "Failsafe mode" I get :
Undefined video mode number: 314
Press <ENTER> to see video modes available...
Mode: Resolution: Type:
0 F00 80x25 CGA/MDA/HGC
Enter a video mode or "scan" to scan for additional modes: <==== ???

Here I have entered: "0", "0F00", "80x25", "CGA" and none work because the window Freezes. Only want to continue is to trigger a reboot and start all over again.

1) Can you please indicate what is a valid input for the part where the "???" is listed?
2) I'm using the 64-bit (clonezilla-live-20170905-zesty-amd64.iso) would it make a difference to try the 32-bit equivalent?
3) Am I taking the long way or is there another way to enable Clonezilla to work on a text-only environment without a VGA driver available?

Thanks!
--jc

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  • J.C. REVELES

    J.C. REVELES - 2018-04-18

    Another update...

    I edited the "syslinux.conf" file and removed "quiet" and added "nosplash" to the "To RAM, Boot media" option. Now it's showing the following:

    All the programs will be copied to RAM, so you can
    remove boot media (CD or USB flash drive) later
    Loading /live/vmlinuz... ok
    Loading /live/initrd.img...ok
    Probing EDD (edd=off to disable)... ok
    Undefined video mode number: 314
    Press <ENTER> to see video modes available, <SPACE> to continue, or wait 30 sec
    Mode: Resolution: Type:
    0 F00 80x25 CGA/MDA/HGC
    Enter a video mode or "scan" to scan for additional modes: <====== ?????

    More tries:

    All the programs will be copied to RAM, so you can
    remove boot media (CD or USB flash drive) later
    Loading /live/vmlinuz... ok
    Loading /live/initrd.img...ok
    Probing EDD (edd=off to disable)... ok
    Undefined video mode number: 314
    Press <ENTER> to see video modes available, <SPACE> to continue, or wait 30 sec
    Mode: Resolution: Type:
    0 F00 80x25 CGA/MDA/HGC
    Enter a video mode or "scan" to scan for additional modes: CGA
    Undefined video mode number: d0a
    Press <ENTER> to see video modes available, <SPACE> to continue, or wait 30 sec
    Mode: Resolution: Type:
    0 F00 80x25 CGA/MDA/HGC
    Enter a video mode or "scan" to scan for additional modes: MDA
    Undefined video mode number: 16da
    Press <ENTER> to see video modes available, <SPACE> to continue, or wait 30 sec
    Mode: Resolution: Type:
    0 F00 80x25 CGA/MDA/HGC
    Enter a video mode or "scan" to scan for additional modes: HGC
    Undefined video mode number: 120c
    Press <ENTER> to see video modes available, <SPACE> to continue, or w

     
  • Steven Shiau

    Steven Shiau - 2018-04-22

    So it did not work for you to use "scan" to scan for additional modes?
    If so, and you can not find any VGA display there, maybe you can try serial console?

    Steven

     

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