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| Before running SliTaz GNU/Linux virtual machine you need to configure a new virtual machine in the VirtualBox software. | Before running SliTaz GNU/Linux virtual machine you need to configure a new virtual machine in the VirtualBox software. | ||
| - | - Run virtualbox [//Start/Programms/Oracle xVM VirtualBox/VirtualBox//]. | + | - Run virtualbox //Start/Programms/Oracle xVM VirtualBox/VirtualBox//. |
| - | - Add a new Machine: Click on [//New//] toolbar button. | + | - Add a new Machine: Click on //New// toolbar button. |
| - | - Click [//Next//] in the “ Create New Virtual Machine ” dialog box. | + | - Click //Next// in the “ Create New Virtual Machine ” dialog box. |
| - | - Give a name to your new virtual machine ( i.e: SliTaz GNU/Linux ), and select Linux 2.6 in OS Type list and click [//Next//] . | + | - Give a name to your new virtual machine ( i.e: SliTaz GNU/Linux ), and select Linux 2.6 in OS Type list and click //Next//. |
| - Select the amount of memory for the virtual machine. 256MB default should be sufficient. | - Select the amount of memory for the virtual machine. 256MB default should be sufficient. | ||
| - | - In the “ //Virtual Hard Disk// ” dialog box click on the [//Existing//] button to use your SliTaz virtual disk. | + | - In the “ //Virtual Hard Disk// ” dialog box click on the //Existing// button to use your SliTaz virtual disk. |
| - | - The Virtual Disk Manager start. Click the [//Add//] toolbar button, locate and select the VDI file (i.e: slitaz-1.9-x86.vdi ). | + | - The Virtual Disk Manager start. Click the //Add// toolbar button, locate and select the VDI file (i.e: slitaz-1.9-x86.vdi ). |
| - | - Click on [//Next//] and [//Finish//]. | + | - Click on //Next// and //Finish//. |
| If you wish to set up a network using the Host-only adapter, follow these instructions: | If you wish to set up a network using the Host-only adapter, follow these instructions: | ||
| - | - Click on the [//Settings//] toolbar button | + | - Click on the //Settings// toolbar button |
| - | - Click on [//Network//] in the side menu | + | - Click on //Network// in the side menu |
| - Select the Network Adapter (usually Adapter 1) and set it for Host-only networking | - Select the Network Adapter (usually Adapter 1) and set it for Host-only networking | ||
| - Click on the Advanced arrow | - Click on the Advanced arrow | ||
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| - | <note tip>This procedure was intended to Slitaz 5.0.\\ | + | <note tip>This procedure is intended for Slitaz 5.0.\\ |
| - | This procesure was tested with:\\ | + | This procedure was tested with:\\ |
| - VirtualBox 4.3.20 installed on Host, including the Extensions Pack;\\ | - VirtualBox 4.3.20 installed on Host, including the Extensions Pack;\\ | ||
| - slitaz-5.0-rc2.iso dated 20140519;\\ | - slitaz-5.0-rc2.iso dated 20140519;\\ | ||
| - slitaz-rolling.iso 32-bit dated 20150201. | - slitaz-rolling.iso 32-bit dated 20150201. | ||
| - | See guest additions for SliTaz 4.0 [[http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/installing-virtualbox-guest-additions-in-slitaz-40-target#post-10791|in the forum]].</note> | + | See guest additions for SliTaz 4.0 [[http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/installing-virtualbox-guest-additions-in-slitaz-40-target#post-10791|in the forum]] also.</note> |
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| + | Virtualbox Guest Additions needs to be manually installed by Slitaz.\\ | ||
| - | Virtualbox Guest Additions needs to be manually installed at Slitaz.\\ | ||
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| **5.** In a terminal, change directory to the mount point for the VBoxAdditions iso, e.g. | **5.** In a terminal, change directory to the mount point for the VBoxAdditions iso, e.g. | ||
| - | cd /media/cdrom/ | + | $ cd /media/cdrom/ |
| **6.** Run as root the following command: | **6.** Run as root the following command: | ||
| - | sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run | + | # sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run |
| Ignore text about scripts added to /etc/init.d (installer does not recognize your Linux Distribution etc). | Ignore text about scripts added to /etc/init.d (installer does not recognize your Linux Distribution etc). | ||
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| **7.** Open a terminal as root and issue the following commands: | **7.** Open a terminal as root and issue the following commands: | ||
| - | adduser -h /var/run/vboxadd -G daemon -S -s /bin/false vboxadd >/dev/null 2>&1 | + | # adduser -h /var/run/vboxadd -G daemon -S -s /bin/false vboxadd >/dev/null 2>&1 |
| - | addgroup -S vboxsf >/dev/null 2>&1 | + | # addgroup -S vboxsf >/dev/null 2>&1 |
| **8.** Open as root /etc/rcS.conf and add "vboxguest vboxsf vboxvideo" to the LOAD_MODULES line, e.g. | **8.** Open as root /etc/rcS.conf and add "vboxguest vboxsf vboxvideo" to the LOAD_MODULES line, e.g. | ||
| - | LOAD_MODULES=" vboxguest vboxsf vboxvideo" | + | <file>LOAD_MODULES=" vboxguest vboxsf vboxvideo"</file> |
| **9.** Open as root /etc/slim.conf and change the login_cmd line to start VBoxClient-all before it executes ~./xinitrc, e.g. | **9.** Open as root /etc/slim.conf and change the login_cmd line to start VBoxClient-all before it executes ~./xinitrc, e.g. | ||
| - | login_cmd VBoxClient-all & exec /bin/sh -l ~/.xinitrc %session | + | <file>login_cmd VBoxClient-all & exec /bin/sh -l ~/.xinitrc %session</file> |
| - | <note tip>Instead of editing /etc/slim.conf, you could add "VBoxClient-all &" without the quotes to a new line above the CASE 1$ line in each users ~/.xinitrc file.</note> | + | <note tip>Instead of editing /etc/slim.conf, you could add "VBoxClient-all &" without the quotes to a new line above the CASE 1$ line in every users ~/.xinitrc file.</note> |
| **10.** Reboot. | **10.** Reboot. | ||
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| To check that the vbox modules are loaded, open a terminal and type: | To check that the vbox modules are loaded, open a terminal and type: | ||
| - | lsmod | grep vbox | + | $ lsmod | grep vbox |
| ... that should show: | ... that should show: | ||
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| Also, you can install the mesa-demos package to get the //glxgears// and //glxinfo// utilities. | Also, you can install the mesa-demos package to get the //glxgears// and //glxinfo// utilities. | ||
| - | After you install mesa-demos, open terminal and type: | + | After you install mesa-demos, open a terminal and type: |
| - | glxinfo | grep render | + | $ glxinfo | grep render |
| ... that should show: | ... that should show: | ||
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| Clipboard sharing Host<->Guest works if you enable it in the VirtualBox menus or in your virtual machine settings. | Clipboard sharing Host<->Guest works if you enable it in the VirtualBox menus or in your virtual machine settings. | ||
| - | Shared folders work (The author manually mounts the shared folders as/when he needs them). For instance, if you wanted to mount the (hypothetical) share called //pubdoc// and access it as a desktop folder called //Docs// (make sure the folder exists first) then you issue the following command in terminal as root: | + | Shared folders work (The author manually mounts the shared folders as and when he needs them). For instance, if you wanted to mount the (hypothetical) share called //pubdoc// and access it as a desktop folder called //Docs// (make sure the folder exists first) then you issue the following command in a terminal as root: |
| - | mount -t vboxsf pubdoc /home/tux/Desktop/Docs | + | # mount -t vboxsf pubdoc /home/tux/Desktop/Docs |
| References: [[http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/installing-virtualbox-guest-additions-in-slitaz-50#post-34521|Slitaz Forum topic]] | References: [[http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/installing-virtualbox-guest-additions-in-slitaz-50#post-34521|Slitaz Forum topic]] | ||