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Virtualbox
SliTaz GNU/Linux with VirtualBox
You can now play with SliTaz GNU/Linux on Windows with VirtualBox. Required:
- SliTaz GNU/Linux Image, the virtual machine.
- SUN VirtualBox software, binaries for Windows.
- 7-Zip, needed to decompress the file.
1 Step: downloads and installation.
- Download and install 7-Zip - necessary to decompress the files.
- Download and install the SUN VitualBox software.
- Download and decompress the virtual machine somewhere on your local hard drive.
2 Step: play the virtual machine.
Before running SliTaz GNU/Linux virtual machine you need to configure a new virtual machine in the VirtualBox software.
- Run virtualbox [Start/Programms/Sun xVM VirtualBox/VirtualBox].
- Add a new Machine: Click on [New] toolbar button.
- 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] .
- 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.
- 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].
You can now play with your new SliTaz GNU/Linux virtual machine.
Note: VirtualBox can use VMware virtual disks as well.