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
grubas the boot loader.- I’ve also tried installing
grubfrom outside of KISS Linux viagrub-install --boot-directory /mnt/boot /dev/sda
- I’ve also tried installing
- Foregoing a boot loader and using
efibootmgrinstead. - Using the (unmaintained) original KISS repo.
- I was able to boot, but I couldn’t replace the old repo with the
kiss-communityrepo due to mismatching checksums.
- I was able to boot, but I couldn’t replace the old repo with the
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.
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
I made sure to run
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfgin both my BIOS and UEFI attempts. I also made sure to installefibootmgrduring my UEFI attempts. From my understanding, the issue is probably the kernel, as I can’t use modules or aninitramfs, but I’ll try usingtinyramfson my next attempt.