With the fresh acquisition news of VirtualBox product, I tried the download from here:
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
To find that it is quite efficient, not just the 20MB download, but also the speed of the app when running.
A simple test with DSL, from here:
ftp://ftp.oss.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/damnsmall/current/dsl-4.2.5.iso
And we can start testing, once the VirtualBox app is installed
(1) Create a New VM
Click the "new" icon and follow all the defaults ( note: I did not change any of the default settings the first time around )
(2) Boot from the DSL ISO image
Click on the "CD/DVD-ROM" on the "Details" tab
Click on the ISO radion button, then select the dsl *.iso file you just downloaded
(3) Boot the DSL VM from the ISO
Click the "Start" icon
... after a few boot screens you should have a working desktop
(4) Install to Hard Drive
This is the only tedious step, since you have to create your hard drive, virtually....
click the terminal icon on the bottom left of the screen in the panel
- type "sudo -s"
- type "cfdisk"
- Select "Y" when asked Do you wish to start with a zero table
- You will now see your cfdisk applicaton. Use the arrow keys and select "NEW"
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Select "Primary" then select the size (by default it should be 2GB, but VirtualBox will grow this on-demand )
- Select "Bootable" (you see the word "Boot" under the Flags coloumn)
- Select "Write"
- When prompted with a (Y/N) type "YES" and hit enter.
- Select "QUIT"
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now back at the command prompt type "mkfs /dev/hda1"
- now type "dsl-hdinstall"
- you will be prompted for the target drive type "hda1" and press enter
- Select "Y" for multiuser logins
- Select "Y" for ext3 filesystwm
- Select "Y" to continue.
- Select "Y" when asked "Proceed to install a boot loader"
- Type "g" for GRUB
- Type "Y" when prompted for reboot
- You will see DSL shut down and press "Enter" when prompted
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Important: At the VirtualBox boot screen, click "Machine->Pause" from the Menu
- Click "Devices->Unmount CD/DVD-ROM" from the Menu
- Click "Machine->Resume" from the Menu, and continue booting from the Hard Drive
- You should be prompted to enter a password for the "root" user and the "dsl" user.
- If it starts and you see your DSL desktop you have succesfully intalled DSL to your Hard Drive!
For some neat tricks to DSL, try clicking on the MyDSL icon on the Desktop to install Apps/Games/Utilities instantly to your installation
Enjoy!
I just did this (DSL on VBox under WinXP) a couple of hours before reading your post. Were you able to get the guest additions installed?
Posted by Ray on February 23, 2008 at 05:18 PM EST #
I followed this procedure and I was able to install DSL inside VirtualBox. I am not able to connect to the internet from DSL - what should I do to enable this?
Posted by balaji on March 23, 2008 at 11:08 AM EST #
Thanks man, i have forgotten the command: "now back at the command prompt type "mkfs /dev/hda1"" before the dsl-hdinstall. Your post helped me.
Keep writing about Linux.
See ya!!!
Posted by R. TICS on April 26, 2009 at 12:50 AM EST #