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Need some help with installing KISS Linux (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've searched for some Linux distros for me to try out, and KISS Linux caught my eye. I tried installing it in a QEMU/KVM virtual machine, but I couldn't get the kernel to boot regardless of what I did. Here's some bullet points of what I tried:

A BIOS install.
A UEFI install.
Using grub as the boot loader.
- I've also tried installing grub from outside of KISS Linux via grub-install --boot-directory /mnt/boot /dev/sda
Foregoing a boot loader and using efibootmgr instead.
Using the (unmaintained) original KISS repo.
- I was able to boot, but I couldn't replace the old repo with the kiss-community repo due to mismatching checksums.

I love the idea behind KISS Linux, and I think it might be the end of my distrohopping. If any more information is required, please ask and I'll try to supply it.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd never heard of KISS Linux. Sounds like Gentoo, but a one developer project.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm actually using Gentoo right now! The dev that made it (KISS Linux) is on hiatus right now, so the community is maintaining it themselves.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you properly generate the GRUB config file? I had this exact same issue on an Arch VM and it turned out that I forgot to generate the GRUB configs. Also if you're making a UEFI VM you need both grub and efibootmgr packages

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I made sure to run grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg in both my BIOS and UEFI attempts. I also made sure to install efibootmgr during my UEFI attempts. From my understanding, the issue is probably the kernel, as I can't use modules or an initramfs, but I'll try using tinyramfs on my next attempt.