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Mike-thinky

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Registered: 2021-10-28

Posts: 62  

Daedalus install into Virtualbox Q

I am trying a dry run of the install by trying to install the Daedalus ISO into virtualbox to see if it is stable enough with my usecases.
Anyway I kept ending up in the UEFI shell, so gave up on the realistic install and tried a fresh VM using legacy, that kept coming up as not bootable.
The ISO was:
devuan_daedalus_5.0.preview-20221031_amd64_pool1.iso

Any easy tips?
The current computer is Linux mint 20.04,and achive manager is too dumbed down to let you see hidden files, and compress does not allow iso's either.
I copied in the uefi and other folders from a debiam iso and used mkisofs, but that did notwork.

Is there a simple way to make sure I copy a suitable ISO from the mirrors, or some straightforward instructions to convert?

ralph.ronnquist

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From: Battery Point, Tasmania, AUS

Registered: 2016-11-30

Posts: 1,117  

Re: Daedalus install into Virtualbox Q

Why not pick one of the installer ISOs instead?
They have desktop, server or netinstall in their names.
https://www.devuan.org/get-devuan

GlennW

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2019-07-18

Posts: 589  

Re: Daedalus install into Virtualbox Q

I have a feeling the preview is a non-boot image. Or at least with ver 4 it may have been.

you may search these pages.

but here it is. all the best.

https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=5114

(edit) After re-reading that post, I think the booting problem was solved.

Last edited by GlennW (2022-11-07 02:05:20)

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Mike-thinky

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Registered: 2021-10-28

Posts: 62  

Re: Daedalus install into Virtualbox Q

Why not pick one of the installer ISOs instead?
They have desktop, server or netinstall in their names.
https://www.devuan.org/get-devuan

I did use that link and went to one of the mirrors, but did not see a desktop option at the time I went.
I am now downloading a desktop version and will try that

Mike-thinky

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Registered: 2021-10-28

Posts: 62  

Re: Daedalus install into Virtualbox Q

Well that seems to be working, a suggestion on the password pages, change the "Show password" tick box to be before the password entry, and change the message to let anyone not using a US keyboard  that they should try and use this option! It caught me out first time though.
Thanks for the help.