Hi, Quoting G. Branden Robinson (2023-05-19 16:19:35) > > If people have strong opinions about that plan, let us know please. > > Well, maybe not a strong view, but a sense of vague unease--possibly an > ill-informed one. As someone who has used SIMH for "real" work[1], I > have to ask how someone would conduct an install to a 32-bit x86 machine > running under emulation, assuming no OS on the simulated machine. > Ordinarily, I'd turn to this: > > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Qemu > > What happens to that with trixie?
would you be happy with a Debian system bootable in Qemu that was not created
by d-i? Creating a i386 chroot with the right packages (essential + kernel +
init) and writing that to a ext2/3/4 disk image can be done without d-i. For
example, try running:
debvm-create --size=4G -- --architecture=i386
Or are there things that only d-i does that you need?
Thanks!
cheers, josch
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