I've just tested installing skolelinux using qemu. It is not as flexible or "userfriendly" as VMWare and bochs, but it is fast. Here are instructions to test skolelinux in a virtual machine on woody.
- Fetch qemu backport (APT source 'deb ftp://ftp.skolelinux.no/skolelinux/ woody local'). - Fetch CD image from <URL:ftp://ftp.skolelinux.no/debian-cd/woody-i386-1.raw>. I use 'rsync -B 150000 -av --progress -c developer.skolelinux.no::skolelinux/woody-i386-1.raw woody-i386-1.raw' to update my copy. - Create disk image for qemu: 'dd if=/dev/zero of=disk bs=1M count=1500' - Run qemu with 50 MB ram, booting from CD with the disk image as HD: 'qemu -m 50 -boot d -cdrom woody-i386-1.raw disk' With this configuration, I am currently installing the standalone profile. I do not remember the disk size requirement of the other profiles. The disk image need to be adjusted to have room for the profile installed.
