Mac OS X-Boot USB with VirtualBox: Difference between revisions
→Running Soas files on a 2nd USB in Virtualbox 3.2 installed on the MacBook Air: NOTE the same 4 GB USB 2nd USB containing the students appliance files runs interchagably in BOTH VMPlayer and Virtu |
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=Running Soas files on a 2nd USB in Virtualbox 3.2 installed on the MacBook Air= | =Running Soas files on a 2nd USB in Virtualbox 3.2 installed on the MacBook Air= | ||
: In VirtualBox Make a "new" Virtualbox appliance where you specify the existing vmdk file on the 2nd USB as the Hard Disk. | : In VirtualBox Make a "new" Virtualbox appliance where you specify the existing vmdk file on the 2nd USB as the Hard Disk. | ||
:'''NOTE the same 4 GB USB 2nd USB containing the students appliance files runs interchagably in BOTH VMPlayer and Virtualbox on Mac and PC.s''' | |||
:: TESTED ON: | |||
:: Acer Aspire One Netbook Ubuntu 9.10 Virtualbox | |||
:: MacBook Air OSX Virtualbox | |||
:: Dell 520n Dektop PC Ubuntu 9.04 VMPlayer | |||
::'''This a much simpler solution if you have [http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/3.2.10/VirtualBox-3.2.10-66523-OSX.dmg VirtualBox-3.2.10-66523-OSX.dmg] installed on your Mac.''' | ::'''This a much simpler solution if you have [http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/3.2.10/VirtualBox-3.2.10-66523-OSX.dmg VirtualBox-3.2.10-66523-OSX.dmg] installed on your Mac.''' | ||
::See: [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Mac_OS_X-Boot_USB_with_Virtualbox#Soas-v3_Mirabelle_virtualbox_files_to_put_on_2nd_USB Soas-v3_Mirabelle_virtualbox_files_to_put_on_2nd_USB] | ::See: [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Mac_OS_X-Boot_USB_with_Virtualbox#Soas-v3_Mirabelle_virtualbox_files_to_put_on_2nd_USB Soas-v3_Mirabelle_virtualbox_files_to_put_on_2nd_USB] | ||