[SOLVED] Problems running Core in VirtualBox

[Member punranger]

Hi, I wanted to learn a little more about building a system myself, so I downloaded the core version, and I tried to install it in VirtualBox.

However, the system hangs when waiting for /dev to be populated. This goes for both the 32 and 64 bit versions. I’m guessing there’s an issue with VirtualBox, but I tried to look around and couldn’t find any solution here. Apologies if it has been posted on the forum before, I’d be happy if someone could find a link to an old forum post, or else if someone knows what the problem could be.

• This topic was modified 11 months, 1 week ago by punranger.

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[Member iznit]

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in web search “virtualbox without x server” you will find is it not outright impossible but is a huge hassle. It would be much better to [[[NOT]]] attempt to use “core” antix version as a vb host.

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sorry, misread. OP describes installing core version into vb, not core version as host.

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Does the hang occur after installation or running live?

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[Member punranger]

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It occurs on live. I was not able to get to installation at all.

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[Moderator christophe]

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I just got done experimenting, myself.
With the default settings, it froze up on me too, at that same point.

This is what worked for me:

Delete the part of the boot parameter line as below (see screenshot1).
Remove:
splash=v
Then I got it to fully boot to the login prompt.

BUT the fonts were HUGE (see screenshot2).

If this happens to you, log in, and type:

console-font-select

That brings up the nifty program antiX has to… change the console font (see screenshot3).
Now, the highlighted entry 14×8-VGA-Bold, is the one to select. So just hit enter.

After a few seconds (on my 15-year-old computer), the screen font is corrected (see screenshot4).

Then press ‘q’ to quit the program, and you are returned to the command prompt (at normal size). So you can then run
cli-installer
or whatever you want. 🙂

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[Member punranger]

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Wow, Christophe, that’s going way above and beyond – I’m guessing you got curious to figure this out! I will try out your solution and report back with the results. Thank you!

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[Member punranger]

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So, the solution worked. I was able to start up the cli installer. Running the installer, it became apparent that there is a lot of new stuff I have to learn, though. Thanks for your help!

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[Member GenkiFeral]

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I got past the cli-installer point, but got hung up at the partition part. I wasn’t able to get back to the main screen.

[Moderator christophe]

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When asking for help, please be exact at the point of diffculty.

For example, was it when the hdd partitioner says to write the partition table to disk, type yes/no?
If so, YOU MUST type the whole word YES, or it won’t work.

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