Unable to Install BORK!/Break inside a VM setting

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Unable to Install BORK!/Break inside a VM setting

Unread post by BornHanged » Sun Feb 07, 2016 5:02 am

Hello! I'm new to the whole BBQLinux scene and I thought i'd give BORK! or Break a try in a VM setting to test it out, since I like OpenBox. The issue is that i'm unable to install it within a VM setting for some reason. VirtualBox gives me the message "No Bootable Medium Found!" after I run the installer and remove the ISO. Any idea how I can get this up and running? Thanks!

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Re: Unable to Install BORK!/Break inside a VM setting

Unread post by dkeg » Sun Feb 07, 2016 5:17 am

Read the forum rules. Unfortunately for you, we do not support VM's. With that said, Snap, our resident VM proctor, may have some helpful advice to pass along.

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Re: Unable to Install BORK!/Break inside a VM setting

Unread post by simgin » Sun Feb 07, 2016 5:42 am

^ That!
BornHanged, just above your first post, there is a header that maticulates exactly that we do not support VMs.
But your in luck, as dkeg said, Snap has taught himself how to do it well.
Please read the info arround you.
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Re: Unable to Install BORK!/Break inside a VM setting

Unread post by franksinistra » Sun Feb 07, 2016 5:42 am

What's your setup? Your disk format (qcow? vmdk? Raw image?), Settings? I too run a few of bbq spin in many kinds of vm (parallels, vmware, virtbox, kvm). Never experienced something like this. Either your virtual disk is damaged or you forgot to install grub i think.

And as what dkeg and simon said, linuxbbq doesn't support installation on a vm. So you're on your own.
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Re: Unable to Install BORK!/Break inside a VM setting

Unread post by BornHanged » Sun Feb 07, 2016 5:47 am

Oops! I didn't even look to see the big banner above the post; yikes that's embarrassing! If anything I appreciate the speedy response! I'll test it out on one of my old OptiPlex's then :)

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Re: Unable to Install BORK!/Break inside a VM setting

Unread post by simgin » Sun Feb 07, 2016 6:03 am

^ We are quick here, trust me ;)
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Re: Unable to Install BORK!/Break inside a VM setting

Unread post by vic » Sun Feb 07, 2016 7:59 am

Somthing went wrong during your install. Try again. An intro thread would be nice, it is cosidered as common courtesy in this remote corner of the web. How else could we continue calling ourself civilised humans? ;)

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Re: Unable to Install BORK!/Break inside a VM setting

Unread post by machinebacon » Sun Feb 07, 2016 1:42 pm

Some kernel versions and revisions (3.19, 3.20, 4.0) simply do not work in VirtualBox, no idea about other virtual machines. One thing you should make definitely clear is that GRUB is installed to /dev/sda (not /dev/sda1) for example. IIRC there are a handful of people who managed to install BORK! and also BREAK! in VirtualBox. I am quite positive that recent releases do work in VirtualBox though - because I tested them :)
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Re: Unable to Install BORK!/Break inside a VM setting

Unread post by Snap » Mon Feb 08, 2016 9:18 am

IIRC, Bork (and Cardboard) come with the 4.0 kernel. you need to replace the kernel first thing after booting. Otherwise the Xserver won't boot. Login as root, add a newer kernel. reboot and then proceed as usual; change root's password, create a new user, etc...

I haven't found any issues with the jessie kernel in VBox. Maybe your isos are wrong. If your bandwidth is low, try downloading them with wget -c . Like franksinistra previously said, it sounds more like a faulty install (or iso) more than a kernel compatibility issue. You can boot and live without Grub or any other bootloader. It works if you don't need dual booting (anyone dualbooting a virtual machine?) but I don't remember from the top of my head how to do it. Anyway, Grub uses to make your virtual life easier.

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Re: Unable to Install BORK!/Break inside a VM setting

Unread post by machinebacon » Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:19 am

Some people 'accidentally' install grub onto a partition (eg. /dev/sda1) which leads to an unbootable machine. Another option would be using syslinux as bootloader, just like on a live ISO. "No bootable medium found" sounds clearly like a bootloader issue. However, if this issue would be solved, it could probably still happen that the kernel doesn't boot in Vbox. No idea, I can try a Vbox installation of BREAK! next week for fun.
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Re: Unable to Install BORK!/Break inside a VM setting

Unread post by BornHanged » Mon Feb 08, 2016 7:51 pm

Sorry for the incredibly late replies, but as far as i'm aware when I set up my VM's through VirtualBox it's always one partition, which I believe is /dev/sda, which is where i told the installer to put the GRUB and the installation. I could try to download it again and see!:)

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Re: Unable to Install BORK!/Break inside a VM setting

Unread post by vic » Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:00 pm

GRUB at /dev/sda ok. But installation at /dev/sda1.
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Re: Unable to Install BORK!/Break inside a VM setting

Unread post by Snap » Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:08 am

^This.

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Re: Unable to Install BORK!/Break inside a VM setting

Unread post by doubledutch » Fri Feb 12, 2016 9:13 pm

Victory! works in VirtualBox

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Re: Unable to Install BORK!/Break inside a VM setting

Unread post by rhowaldt » Tue Feb 16, 2016 9:52 am

simgin wrote: Btw, in this forum people must introduce them selves first.
Just to be clear: there is no "must" at the BBQ. you should do whatever the fuck you want. however, that also means there is no "must" from the other side. in other words, you have no obligation to be nice to us, but we also don't have an obligation to be nice to you. but perhaps if you *are* nice, we will be too :D

And as Vic noted:
vic wrote:An intro thread would be nice, it is cosidered as common courtesy in this remote corner of the web. How else could we continue calling ourself civilised humans? ;)
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