On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 02:52:12 +0000
KatolaZ <katolaz@???> wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> a few simple steps to have Devuan-pre-alpha-valentine installed and
> running on qemu:
>
> 0)# wget
> "http://mirror.debianfork.org/devuan-jessie-i386-xfce-prealpha-valentine.iso"
>
> 1)$ apt-get install qemu-kvm
>

> 2)$ qemu-img create devuan_disk 5G 
>     (creates a 5G qemu disk image for devuan)

>
> 3)$ qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom
> devuan-jessie-i386-xfce-prealpha-valentine.iso -hda devuan_disk -boot
> d -net nic -net user -m 256 -localtime & (installs Devuan on the qemu
> disk image)
>
> 4)$ qemu-system-x86_64 -hda devuan_disk -boot c -net nic -net user
> -m 256 -localtime & (boots the system)
>
> Just two words: IT WORKS :)

No way did I have time to install the pre-alpha Valentine, and that
fact distressed me because I was one of those asking for a quick
release as a confidence builder. But I just didn't have the time.

Then KatolaZ exactly documented the four steps to installation, and I
said "I can do that in my sleep, while doing other work!" So I did it,
and it worked (although slowly because -enable-kvm wasn't in the
commands). KatolaZ' four step document.

A document that makes installation and use trivial, and makes it
simple, is worth its weight in gold. Thanks KatolaZ.

SteveT

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