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Line 90: − − ===[http://www.easyvmx.com EasyVMX!]=== − :'''Make a VirtualBox or VMware Player appliance with a burned CD of your favorite xxx.iso''' − − * '''http://www.easyvmx.com/ is a web site that builds a vmx file to your specifications (free).''' − − : Works fine, runs on most platforms, and has persistence after installation. (tested with Trisquel 4.0.1 DVD 12/24/2010 satellit) − :: Virtual Appliance that you create Can be opened with either VirtualBox or VMware Player − : VirtualBox 4.0 Download (free): http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/downloads/index.html − : VMware Player download (free): http://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/ − :::(Note:VMware Workstation not needed for VMware Player to create Virtual Appliance) − − ::specified a 8 GB Hard Drive; name; and other parameters − ::downloaded, in browse, the Custom vmx file as a .zip file − ::Decompressed the .zip file − − : Insert the CD of your favorite xxx.iso − − ::Open VirtualBox 4.0 or VMware Player and point it to this vmx file − :::In VirtualBox Settings/specify CD Player (/dev/sr0); Start − :::VMware Player starts CD automatically − − * EXAMPLE: soas-i386-20100926.17.iso burned to a CD − ::Put soas-i386-20100926.17 CD in your CD Drive − ::CD boots in VirtualBox-4.0 or VMware Player application − ::Sugar Starts − − *To install to EasyVMX Hard Disk: − :Open Sugar-terminal: − su − liveinst − Anaconda installer opens − Initialize all disks − Install procedes normally − reboot − firstboot − Log in to user you specified − − '''HINT: copy all of the EasyVMX Hard Disk Files on a 2 GB USB stick.''' − ::'''(note runs about 10x slower on a USB stick)''' − ::Example above created a 1.4 GB set of files' − :Copy-Paste all files − : Sugar on a Stick in VirtualBox or VMware Player Hard Disk format with persistence − ::Portable (Student can take home and run on home Computer) − ::Run it on different Platforms
→EasyVMX!: site no longer available
: {{Code|yum install zyx-liveinstaller gparted}}
: {{Code|yum install zyx-liveinstaller gparted}}
zyx-liveinstaller.noarch 0:0.2.4-5.fc18
zyx-liveinstaller.noarch 0:0.2.4-5.fc18
==References==
==References==