> A document that makes installation and use trivial, and makes it > simple, is worth its weight in gold.
the instructions dont actually weigh anything so saying it's worth it's weight in gold is saying they aren't worth anything. ;) --Gravis On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote: > On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 02:52:12 +0000 > KatolaZ <kato...@freaknet.org> wrote: > > > Hi guys, > > > > a few simple steps to have Devuan-pre-alpha-valentine installed and > > running on qemu: > > > > 0)# wget > > " > http://mirror.debianfork.org/devuan-jessie-i386-xfce-prealpha-valentine.iso > " > > > > 1)$ apt-get install qemu-kvm > > > > 2)$ qemu-img create devuan_disk 5G > > (creates a 5G qemu disk image for devuan) > > > > 3)$ qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom > > devuan-jessie-i386-xfce-prealpha-valentine.iso -hda devuan_disk -boot > > d -net nic -net user -m 256 -localtime & (installs Devuan on the qemu > > disk image) > > > > 4)$ qemu-system-x86_64 -hda devuan_disk -boot c -net nic -net user > > -m 256 -localtime & (boots the system) > > > > Just two words: IT WORKS :) > > No way did I have time to install the pre-alpha Valentine, and that > fact distressed me because I was one of those asking for a quick > release as a confidence builder. But I just didn't have the time. > > Then KatolaZ exactly documented the four steps to installation, and I > said "I can do that in my sleep, while doing other work!" So I did it, > and it worked (although slowly because -enable-kvm wasn't in the > commands). KatolaZ' four step document. > > A document that makes installation and use trivial, and makes it > simple, is worth its weight in gold. Thanks KatolaZ. > > SteveT > > Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ > Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng >
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