Mac OS X-Boot USB with VirtualBox

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Mac OSX-F14-desktop with Virtualbox Boot USB

This is a 4GB USB that is booted on a MacBook Air with a boot helper CD
It opens a Soas-v3-Mirabelle Virtual Appliance located on a 2nd USB
This 2nd USB can be exchanged with that of another student.

This is proposed as a first solution for SL#598 Boot Helper Virtual Machine

How you can get it

Boot USB

dd command to copy it to your 4GB USB

  • To Write to your 4GB USB
/dev/sd(x) BE CERTAIN THIS IS THE DEVICE ADDRESS OF YOUR USB
root@xxx:/home/xxx/Desktop# dd if=Mac_F14_Vbox.img of=/dev/sd(x)
7831552+0 records in
7831552+0 records out
4009754624 bytes (4.0 GB) copied, 1365.52 s, 2.9 MB/s
root@xxx:/home/xxx/Desktop# 

Soas-v3 Mirabelle virtualbox files to put on 2nd USB

Boot Helper CD

How it was Made

  • F14 Desktop USB with Virtualbox installed

References