====== Convert AstLinux install files to VirtualBox ======

!!Obsolete info with AstLinux 1.2.5 and later.!!  Use the ISO Installer Image.

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You can convert an astlinux-XX.img file to a [[https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads|VirtualBox]] .vdi file and have a bootable system with a few simple steps.

  - Download an AstLinux 'geni586' .img.gz file
  - Decompress the image using gunzip, yielding a .img file
  - Use the VBoxManage (CLI) utility ([[https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads|VirtualBox]]) to convert the image to a virtual disk

Example:

  gunzip astlinux-1.2.3-asterisk-11.18.0.img.gz

  VBoxManage convertfromraw -format VDI astlinux-1.2.3-asterisk-11.18.0.img astlinux-1.2.3.vdi
  
//The formats VDI, VMDK and VHD are supported.//

Here is the complete manual of the [[https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#idp46854861724896|VBoxManage convertfromraw]] command.

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Then you can then resize the image...

Usage:

  VBoxManage modifyhd --resize <new size in MB> <path to image>

Example (let's say 2 GB):
  
  VBoxManage modifyhd --resize 2048 astlinux-1.2.3.vdi

Then simply create a new VirtualBox virtual machine using this .vdi file as the disk (I used a network bridge (en0) and the PCnet-Fast III adapter for the 'geni586' image on a Mac).

Start the AstLinux Virtual Machine...

Finally, configure using the normal **[[userdoc:new-install|setup]]**.

/* Be sure to use it as IDE harddisk in VirtualBox (default is SATA). You also need to create a secondary IDE harddisk for UnionFS.
You need to manually setup the UnionFS disk ((the WebGUI ''setup.php'' currently doesn't work with 2 separate disks)) with:

  genunion /dev/hdX

In my case it was ''/dev/hdb'', you can verify this with '''fdisk -l'''. \\ */