Talk:VirtualBox

I want to give a response to the "Setup a Virtual Machine for Sugar on a Stick" (Mac Os)

I´ve installed the VirtualBox from step 1 - 6 and then i setup a virtual machine. I´ve watched the streamcast about that and i´ve done everything similar to the cast.

The Virtual Box starts, he wants to boot and then there´s a black window for hours ....

Does somebody have an idea what i´ve done wrong or what´s the problem about booting?

Greetings thor.sten

Install on a USB device

(2-GB or larger USB storage device needed to run VirtualBox Images)

One could modify the instructions at VMware#One_8-GiB_stick_with_2_partitions

Download VirtualBox OSE program, and install instead of VMPlayer.
Boot PC from stick, and run images on same or 2nd stick.

Virtualbox Appliance of SoaS Mirabelle

updated 5/25/2010

root=sugarroot

This appliance is ready to run "firstboot" (agree/user name/password/tz/etc)

installed with liveinst (Anaconda) to 8-GB Virtual Disk in 2-GB slices

Download these 3 files:

 http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-v3-Mirabelle.mf
 http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-v3-Mirabelle.ovf
 http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-v3-Mirabelle.vmdk

Start VirtualBox (I used: Version 3.1.5 r59339 for export.)

Top Left Corner of window:<file><Import Appliance>

Note: Import Option is not available on OSE version of Virtualbox.

<Choose> (to find 3 downloaded files you just downloaded)

select: soas-v3-Mirabelle.ovf <Appliance Import Settings> Window appears:

Correct line: "Guest OS Type" to OS:linux Version:fedora (click on Other/unknown it is a dropdown box)
Agree to GPL license
<Import>

start sugar

To Install VirtualBox

VirtualBox available free. (You do need to accept a license in order to download.)

Download:

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Choose your OS Version

(OSX, Windows, Linux, other.)

Virtualbox 3.2.1 on 16GB Toshiba USB Running Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic

This is a nice portable solution for a full Gnome Desktop and Sun Virtualbox 3.2.1 (works with Hp Pavillion "Vista"Notebook) I use it to create .vdi Hard Disk images for soas-v2-Blueberry

install Ubuntu 9.10 [1] from CD to 16GB Toshiba USB (It will run on 8GB USB but very little room left for images)
setup wireless networking
Download VirtualBox: [2]
Install Virtualbox

Have Fun! satellit 12/19/2009

Sugar not booting

I got Sugar to boot under VirtualBox 2.X / MacOS 10.5 following the recommended procedure. With VirtualBox 3.X something seems to be broken. Neither my old VDI nor a newly downloaded one will proceed to more than that black screen. Sad!

But don't despair: You need to get the installation ISO (380 MB) from the downloads page (http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Downloads). Add this as the CD-ROM to your virtual machine and set the first boot volume to this CD-ROM. Now Sugar works as before!