echo 'GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo
Debian`' >> /etc/default/grub

Sorted, menu now shows "Devuan" after update-grub. This file is also
missing some other (mostly commented but informative) lines.

On 8 May 2016 at 12:24, David Hare <davidahare@???> wrote:
>> please test also the install and other functionalities
>
> OK, I just did (step 1, the installer). Writing from my new install on
> real hardware. The installation took 6 minutes on an old core2 with 2G
> ram.
>
> One glitch, simple to fix.. on first boot slim puked, the installer
> had failed to sort etc/slim.conf for the new username. I used startx,
> edited manually and rebooted, now all is good.
>
> One more. The rather elegantly styled grub menu lists "GNU/Linux" or
> "Unknown Linux Distribution", it didn't parse "Devuan". This was
> discussed before, I can't remember just now how I fixed that on my
> other install..
>
> On 8 May 2016 at 11:05, fsmithred <fsmithred@???> wrote:
>> On 05/07/2016 08:36 PM, David Hare wrote:
>>>
>>> http://refracta.freeforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=569
>>>
>>
>> SPOILER ALERT!!! For anyone who didn't follow the link that David provided.
>>
>>
>> David,
>>
>> Thanks for posting instructions on creating a grub entry to boot the iso
>> directly from hard drive without virtualization. I always forget about
>> that method, and it occurs to me that I should start doing that on the
>> laptop. I've locked up my system more than once by running too many VMs at
>> the same time.
>>
>> -fsr
>>
>>
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