On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 08:52:42AM -0400, . fsmithred wrote: > To boot the i386 iso in virtualbox, you need to go into the settings for > System, Processor, and check the box for "Enable PAE/NX". I just did it, > and it works great. One thing I had to do was hit TAB at the boot menu and > change the vga setting to vga=788 so it would fit on this small laptop > screen (1280x800). >
Yep, or you could also boot without framebuffer support (second option). I had considered using "vga=scan", but this might be annoying on some old BIOS. I don't remember if it is possible to set multiple resolutions with vga= (e.g., vga=792,788,normal), and I never liked vga=ask. Suggestions on this point are welcome. > The truncated items in the boot menu can be fixed by changing some of the > settings in the isolinux config files. I don't remember which ones, and I > generally do it by trial and error. If you comment out the rsync line that > copies the system in refractasnapshot, you'll end up with an iso that just > has the boot menu. It's a much faster way to test. (Or, you could just > shorten the menu entries.) > Yep, I have to edit live.cfg in iso/isolinux/, which is somehting I will do for future snapshots. Thanks for the fedback. HND KatolaZ P.S.:@fsmithred, I belive you are one of those in the refracta team I should thank for refractasnapshot :) -- [ Enzo Nicosia aka KatolaZ --- GLUG Catania -- Freaknet Medialab ] [ me [at] katolaz.homeunix.net -- http://katolaz.homeunix.net -- ] [ GNU/Linux User:#325780/ICQ UIN: #258332181/GPG key ID 0B5F062F ] [ Fingerprint: 8E59 D6AA 445E FDB4 A153 3D5A 5F20 B3AE 0B5F 062F ] _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
