Hello, newbee here.
Before I install a distro I always install it on Oracle VBox first.
The version of VBox is 5.1.22.
After installing, the splash screen is displayed then the screen goes black with:
“error sparse file not allowed
loading linux 4.9.0-desktop-1omv
loading initial ramdisk
press any key to continue”
then a blinking cursor
then again the splash screen without text
finally a black screen and that’s it.
No " FAILED : vboxvideo" after running inxi -b in terminal
Installed version Lx.3.0.2
I am running Oracle VirtualBox under PCLinuxOS KDE4 64 bit
Did that, although the error message was not there anymore, the result was the same:
Black screen after a few second of the OpenMandriva wallpaper (without the text).
Sorry.
This is just an error created because grub2 doesn’t well support f2fs. As you have seen system will still boot with a small delay.
However based on the kernel version loading you have a rather older ISO of 3.02 latest is here. There will be a newer Release Candidate ISO soon as well.
Now before going forward we need to be sure all requirements here have been met:
"Recommended Hardware
OpenMandriva Lx 3.01 requires at least 2.0 GB of memory (min 1,5GB), at least 10 GB of hard drive space (see below for known issues with partitioning).
If you wish to run the live distribution (the option to Start OpenMandriva Lx at the CD boot screen), you must have at minimum 1.5 GB of memory. At least 2 GB of memory is recommended for optimal performance.
Release is available for x86_64 architecture, The i586 and ARM architectures are being worked on, but are not yet available for this release.
Important Note
The KDE Plasma Desktop requires a 3D graphics card that supports OpenGL 2.0 or above
Virtual Machines
The same hardware requirements apply when running in virtual machines.
For VirtualBox, however, you must ALWAYS have at least 1536 MB of memory or OpenMandriva Lx will fail to boot. Please ensure that VirtualBox is configured with “Enable PAE/NX” This option can be found under the System>Processor tab.
Also for VirtualBox you must install to a fresh VM, as trying to install to an existing one may fail. This recent problem is being investigated.
Note that if you use qemu, you may need to select an alternative graphics driver other than your distribution default or you will boot to a black screen."
Though my best guess is that if can run the ISO in ‘Live’ then this isn’t an issue. But we need to be sure especially about having enough RAM, 2GB or more is even better and that “Enable PAE/NX” is selected. Also / partition size in VBox needs to be at least 8GB. A little more is even better (I’m currently using 9.2GB for /).
I downloaded and installed on my Oracle VBox the .iso ben79 supplied in one of his responses and guess what…
THAT WORKS
Do not know what was wrong with the other one but I did realize that that .iso was not accompanied with a
md5sum so I used it without checking. Something I ALWAYS do, but in this case, because when something
will go terribly wrong, it goes only wrong in the virtual machine.
It’s a great thing to do if there are problems to solve. The command is:
$ pkexec /usr/bin/calamares
There is also a debug mode:
$ pkexec /usr/bin/calamares -d
when you use that when Calamares opens you’ll see in lower right corner some type to the effect of “debug information provided” or similar. Click on it and another window opens with whatever debug captures. (Full disclosure: I’ve never seen it capture anything useful but surely it’s there for a reason).
