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--- userdoc:tt_virtualbox [2012/01/23 21:52] – droemel
+++ userdoc:tt_virtualbox [2016/02/05 15:03] (current) – droemel
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 ====== Convert AstLinux install files to VirtualBox ======
+!!Obsolete info with AstLinux 1.2.5 and later.!!  Use the ISO Installer Image.
-You can convert an astlinux-XX.img file to a VirtualBox .vdi and have a bootable system with a few simple steps.
+\\
+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
+  - Decompress the image using gunzip, yielding a .img file
-  - Use the VBoxManage utility to convert the image to a virtual disk
+  - Use the VBoxManage (CLI) utility ([[https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads|VirtualBox]]) to convert the image to a virtual disk
-  VBoxManage convertfromraw -format VDI astlinux-1.0.1-asterisk-1.8.8.1.img astlinux-1.0.1.vdi
+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.//
-Then you can then resize the image to let's say 2 GB:
+Here is the complete manual of the [[https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#idp46854861724896|VBoxManage convertfromraw]] command.
-  VBoxManage modifyhd --resize <new size in MB> <path to image> e.g.
+\\
-  VBoxManage modifyhd --resize 2048 /Users/astlinux/astlinux-1.0.1.vdi
-Then simply create a new virtual machine using this file as the disk and start the normal **[[userdoc:new-install|setup]]**.
+Then you can then resize the image...
-/* Be sure to use it as IDE harddisk in VirtualBox (default is SATA). You also need to create a secondary IDE harddisk for UnionFS.
+Usage:
-You need to manually setup the UnionFS disk ((the WebGUI ''setup.php'' currently doesn't work with 2 separate disks)) with:
-  genunion /dev/hdX
+  VBoxManage modifyhd --resize <new size in MB> <path to image>
-In my case it was ''/dev/hdb'', you can verify this with '''fdisk -l'''. \\ */
+Example (let's say 2 GB):
-I used a network bridge (en0) and the PCnet-Fast III adapter for the 'geni586' image (on a Mac).
+  VBoxManage modifyhd --resize 2048 astlinux-1.2.3.vdi
-==== Alternative in Java ====
+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).
-http://sourceforge.net/projects/raw2vmdk/
+Start the AstLinux Virtual Machine...
-==== Convert VM images to other formats ?===
+Finally, configure using the normal **[[userdoc:new-install|setup]]**.
-There is another way to convert images into other VM formats with [[http://wiki.qemu.org/Main_Page|Qemu]] described here:
-http://www.xgrr.de/wordpress/2008/02/25/convert-virtualbox-vdi-to-vmware-vmdk
+/* 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'''. \\ */