Brad Baker

> * To spare the installation steps there are prebuilt VM images here: https://www.osboxes.org/virtualbox-images/ None of these images are "minimal" and almost all are over 1GB in size, including desktops...

**Debian 9.9** [minimal net-install](https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/) Download [~300MB net-install ISO](https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-9.9.0-amd64-netinst.iso) **Install to VirtualBox** .vdi destination drive: This took a while and installed a total of 3.9GB including the Debian desktop even though...

> I am sticking with Ubuntu Good move. I'm finding Debian (not to mention other distro's) to be less straight forward or problematic. I'll prob return to focus on Ubuntu...

> Can you try: > `VBoxManage clonehd --format RAW miniblitz.vdi test.img` > > And write that .img to the SD/USB with Etcher or dd. There is no difference. `vbox-img` does...

> These commands worked for me previously on my laptop converting a virtual Ubuntu 18.04.1 to a bootable USB. > Does your USB boot if you write the original mini.iso...

**VirtualBox Notes:** Backing up the blockchain USB (.vmdk) drive and switching to it: Note: the VM `/etc/fstab` file must be edited to reflect the new drive's UUID Create blockchain backup...

**ATOMIC PI** notes: Inadequate power supply (low voltage) might show up as "No boot media found" during bootup as perhaps the eMMC is not powered up. Run `dd` to backup...

VAGRANT notes: Research - Vagrant is a better method of delivering easy to run VM "box" to non-technical users? Vagrant - tool to easily build consistent VM development environments on...

> @fluidvoice I think it would be best to have a VM image (just like the SDcard image) and spin that up every time in a clean state when you...

**Raspiblitz v1.3 (for Intel/x86) on Debian 10 "Buster" in a VirtualBox VM** NOTE: AS OF NOW THIS IS RELATIVELY UNTESTED, #RECKLESS, **(have backups!)** - I chose to install only Debian...