Re: Distro tries to set up own partition

Subject	Re: Distro tries to set up own partition
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From	"27E.G756" <27E.G756@noq24u.net>
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Date	2023-03-25 00:20 -0400
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On 3/24/23 11:21 AM, Dan Espen wrote:
> "24E.X756" <24E.X756@noq21u.net> writes:
> 
>>    I still think VirtualBox is by far his best option. It
>>    WILL run an iso image.
> 
> I found KVM/QEMU to be totally superior to VB.
> It seemed like at every turn VB wanted me to pay for some feature.
> The feature I wanted to use was in KVM/QEMU and it worked better than VB.

   Nothing I've ever done with it has required paying a penny.

   KVM is good - but some aspects are less user-friendly. It'll
   likely want to install a custom kernel (which may or may NOT
   work correctly) and enlarging virtual disk space and a bunch
   of little options require editing the rather dense config
   file for the VM. I've used both, they both deliver, but
   the poster seems unfamiliar with virtual machines, so ...

   I have a bunch of VMs on VBox - everything from CP/M-86
   and Win-1.1 (horrible !) to DOS and a number of useful
   (or interesting) Linux distros. I even scored some of
   the Good Old multipass compilers for DOS - 'C' and Pascal -
   and they all work properly on the VBox VMs.

   Still trying to get Plan-9 into a VM ... but some of
   what's in the install menus sounds kinda scary ...
   it expects to own the whole physical HDD and does
   not seem entirely happy with the virtual versions.
   I'll get it eventually when I have time.

   I posted a kind of walk-through for the OP on how to
   use VBox. Maybe he can fill in the gaps himself. He
   is clearly NOT having any success installing that
   old Knoppix distro on a physical disk partition and
   I'm afraid he's gonna nuke his whole system trying.
   VBox/KVM are a lot safer and ultimately easier.

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Distro tries to set up own partition vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com - 2023-03-23 20:09 +0000
  Re: Distro tries to set up own partition vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com - 2023-03-23 20:15 +0000
  Re: Distro tries to set up own partition Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2023-03-23 13:55 -0700
    Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "24E.X756" <24E.X756@noq21u.net> - 2023-03-23 21:46 -0400
      Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-03-24 08:44 +0100
        Re: Distro tries to set up own partition vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com - 2023-03-24 20:27 +0000
          Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "27E.G756" <27E.G756@noq24u.net> - 2023-03-24 23:48 -0400
          Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-03-25 12:30 +0100
            Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "27E.G756" <27E.G756@noq24u.net> - 2023-03-26 00:52 -0400
              Re: Distro tries to set up own partition jeshgrca <jeshgrca@gmail.com> - 2023-03-26 08:35 -0500
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-03-26 18:50 +0200
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition jeshgrca <jeshgrca@gmail.com> - 2023-03-26 14:07 -0500
              Re: Distro tries to set up own partition Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2023-03-26 08:01 -0700
              Re: Distro tries to set up own partition Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2023-03-26 16:08 +0000
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "27E.G756" <27E.G756@noq24u.net> - 2023-03-26 20:14 -0400
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2023-03-27 01:24 +0000
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "27E.G756" <27E.G756@noq24u.net> - 2023-03-26 23:34 -0400
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2023-03-27 06:59 +0000
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "27E.G756" <27E.G756@noq24u.net> - 2023-03-28 00:03 -0400
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2023-03-28 16:52 +0000
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "27E.G756" <27E.G756@noq24u.net> - 2023-03-28 22:31 -0400
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-03-27 13:27 +0100
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "27E.G756" <27E.G756@noq24u.net> - 2023-03-28 00:08 -0400
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2023-03-28 17:03 +0000
                Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "27E.G756" <27E.G756@noq24u.net> - 2023-03-28 22:46 -0400
      Re: Distro tries to set up own partition Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2023-03-24 11:21 -0400
        Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "27E.G756" <27E.G756@noq24u.net> - 2023-03-25 00:20 -0400
          Re: Distro tries to set up own partition Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2023-03-25 11:47 -0400
            Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "27E.G756" <27E.G756@noq24u.net> - 2023-03-26 00:46 -0400
  Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "Nuno Silva" <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2023-03-24 07:38 +0000
    Re: Distro tries to set up own partition vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com - 2023-03-24 20:25 +0000
      Re: Distro tries to set up own partition "27E.G756" <27E.G756@noq24u.net> - 2023-03-25 00:48 -0400
  Re: Distro tries to set up own partition vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com - 2023-03-27 18:41 +0000
    Re: Distro tries to set up own partition Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2023-03-27 11:53 -0700

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