KVM boot error

hd888 · June 20, 2020, 5:10pm

I downloaded the DietPi BIOS IMG file and I am attempting to get it to boot in KVM and I get this error. Any ideas?

I have already resized img file to 10 GB and made no other changes to the default settings in KVM. I found a few similar issues on the web but nothing has worked so far…

hd888 · June 21, 2020, 2:33pm

For future reference the post by LeoFender got it going

https://forums.unraid.net/topic/72708-dietpi-install-on-kvm/

I was not able to do it with img file (probably don’t know how to resize it properly)

I had to start with VBox and work it backwards from there…

Joulinar · June 21, 2020, 5:33pm

Hi,

sorry for the late response but it took some time for me to get a Linux system up and running to have KVM installed. At the end I had a Windows computer hosting Ubuntu inside VirtBox. And this Ubuntu VM was hosting my KVM system

Long story short, I had the same issue using x68 image file. However I worked around stating with a plain Debian installation and installed DietPi on top using PREP script.

github.com/MichaIng/DietPi

PREP_SYSTEM_FOR_DIETPI.sh | Automate

opened 01:13AM - 10 Dec 17 UTC

closed 03:54PM - 28 Jan 18 UTC

Fourdee

Enhancement

Information

Installer

## Status: Beta ### What is this? - This script will install and convert any… _'bloated'_ Debian/Raspbian installation, into a lightweight DietPi system. ### What this script does NOT do: - Support converting existing installed software (eg: nextcloud, Plex Media Server) over to the DietPi system. **All existing software (APT) and user data will be deleted.** --- ### Step 1: Ensure a Debian/Raspbian OS is running on the system - **For best results, we recommend a fresh/clean minimal Debian/Raspbian installation** - Native PC users: please install Debian stable before hand: https://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst - Desktop images should work, however, the minimal the image, the quicker the installation, as less packages will need to be removed. - NB: We do not support Ubuntu, or have any plans to do so. ### Step 2: Pre-req packages - **Critical packages** These should already exist on most systems, however pure minimal images may require the following installations) ```apt-get update; apt-get install -y systemd-sysv ca-certificates sudo wget locales --reinstall``` ### Step 3: Run DietPi installer - **Must be run from SSH or local term** eg: Outside of desktop environment - In case of SSH, to prevent connection loss, an Ethernet connection is required. #### Ensure you have elevated privileges (eg: login as ```root```, or use ```sudo su```). Copy and paste all into term. ``` wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichaIng/DietPi/master/PREP_SYSTEM_FOR_DIETPI.sh -O PREP_SYSTEM_FOR_DIETPI.sh #wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichaIng/DietPi/jessie-support/PREP_SYSTEM_FOR_DIETPI.sh -O PREP_SYSTEM_FOR_DIETPI.sh #wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichaIng/DietPi/beta/PREP_SYSTEM_FOR_DIETPI.sh -O PREP_SYSTEM_FOR_DIETPI.sh #wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichaIng/DietPi/dev/PREP_SYSTEM_FOR_DIETPI.sh -O PREP_SYSTEM_FOR_DIETPI.sh chmod +x PREP_SYSTEM_FOR_DIETPI.sh ./PREP_SYSTEM_FOR_DIETPI.sh ``` Follow the onscreen prompts.

hd888 · June 21, 2020, 10:16pm

Thanks Joulinar,

I considered doing that after seeing the prep script on Github during my searches. Probably faster to resize via vbox image. Maybe when I get a free moment ill check out resizing a raw image and maybe do a tutorial. I have a feeling that’s where the problem was occurring. Kinda funny that we’re running Debian based DP and yet no KVM VM option! Oh well, no biggie!

Check out the forum link i posted, it’s pretty good to get it going from the vbox OVA file.

Joulinar · June 22, 2020, 4:40pm

I guess I will talk to developer. Probably it can be added to VM section. Will see.