Talk:VirtualBox/Preparing a disk image
Alternate way to install
- Start VirtualBox (version 3.2.10 used here).
- Click NEW "Welcome to New Virtual Machine Wizard"
- <Next> fill out: Name (soas-i386-20101025) ; Operating system(Linux); Version (Fedora)
- <Next> Base Memory Size
- <Next> Create new hard disk
- <Next> Storage Type (Dynamically expanding storage)
- <Next> Size (8.00 GB)
- <Finish>
- Back on main Oracle VM VirtualBox screen
- Settings/Storage (CD Image0)CD/DVD Device: (Select your CD Host Drive-(sr0) with CD inserted
- <OK>
- Start
- SoaS will boot and run Sugar SoaS
- Enter Name color
- Enter Password ONE TIME then cancel next 6 times
- Start Sugar-Terminal
su liveinst
- (Anaconda starts) Do normal HD install: Basic Storage Devices/ Reinitalize all/Host/TZ/Root Password/Use all Space/ Write Changes to Disk/ Install works to Completion.
- "Congratulations, your Fedora Installation is complete" <Close> Quit sugar-terminal; Shutdown.
- Back on main Oracle VM VirtualBox screen
firstboot of new Virtual Machine
- Settings/Storage; Host Drive: change to empty (You can also change boot order in Systems, if needed.)
- Start HD goes to firstboot (Answer questions); then to gdm login, then to Sugar. Click to Change Color_____ (hit <Back> to change name)
Export your Appliance
- File/Export Appliance (select soas-i386-20101025)<next> fill in Settings if you want to; <next> Export settings <Finish>
Congratulations, you have just created an importable/exportable appliance.