To boot the i386 iso in virtualbox, you need to go into the settings for
System, Processor, and check the box for "Enable PAE/NX". I just did it,
and it works great. One thing I had to do was hit TAB at the boot menu and
change the vga setting to vga=788 so it would fit on this small laptop
screen (1280x800).

The truncated items in the boot menu can be fixed by changing some of the
settings in the isolinux config files. I don't remember which ones, and I
generally do it by trial and error. If you comment out the rsync line that
copies the system in refractasnapshot, you'll end up with an iso that just
has the boot menu. It's a much faster way to test. (Or, you could just
shorten the menu entries.)

-fsr (aka .fsr)


On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 8:31 AM, Irrwahn <irrwahn@???> wrote:

> On Fri, 13 May 2016 12:28:24 +0100, Katolaz wrote:
> > Dear Devuaners,
> >
> > I have worked a bit more on the unofficial minimal images of Devuan
> > Beta. I have tried to incorporate all the comments I received, except
> > those which would have resulted in a substantial increase of the
> > image footprint.
> >
> > The updated stuff can be foud at:
> >
> > http://devuan.kalos.mine.nu
> >
> > We now have both amd64 and i386 images, and I have also included some
> > info to run the images on qemu. If you happen to use those images
> > successfully on another virtual machine environment, just let me know
> > how you did and I can update the webpage with the relevant info.
> <snip>
>
> Hi Katolaz,
>
> I did a *very quick* check of your live images on VirtualBox. Both
> amd64 and i386 versions boot fine on a diskless VM created with the
> "Debian (64-bit)" preset. I could log in, ping a machine on the
> internet and perform a clean shutdown.
>
> However, when I tried the i386 image on a VM created with the
> "Debian (32-bit)" preset, I got the following error message right
> after hitting enter on the boot menu screen:
> +------------------------------------------------------
> | This kernel requires the following features not present on the CPU:
> | pae
> | Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU.
> +------------------------------------------------------
>
> One minor cosmetic quibble for all cases: The boot menu looked
> truncated. E.g., what presumably should read "(default)" read just
> "(defa" instead.
>
> HTH, HAND
> Urban
>
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