Paul Smith wrote: > I've tried a couple of times, using different instructions (VirtualBox > and vanilla KVM) and every time when it starts to boot the first time > (after selecting this install) it prints: > > ... > module 0: initrd $(ramdisk-create) > rd0: 13279232 bytes @fa4910000 > module 1: ext2fs ... > module 2: exec $(exec-task=task-create) > 3 multiboot modules > task loaded: ext2fs ... > zip:device:rd0 > task loaded: exec > > start ext2fs: _ > > and hangs there.
In my instructions for GNU/Hurd in 2020 I had noted Disable 'Nested paging', otherwise it DOES NOT BOOT! So, maybe it's worth looking at the main parameters of the VirtualBox VM: - General: Operating System: Other/Unknown - System: Motherboard: *Disable* all extended features (I/O APIC, EFI) - System: Processor: *Disable* all extended features (PAE/NX, Nested VT-x) [The latter is what I meant above.] - System: Paravirtualization Interface: You can try different values than 'Default'. Do you have other VirtualBox VMs that work? If not, i.e. if you get problems also with other OSes as guests, I would verify that VT-x/AMD-V is enabled in the UEFI/BIOS. Bruno