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Old 04-23-2013, 11:10 AM   #1
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Question Arch Linux as a VM


Anyone know or care to chime in on how Arch Linux performs as a VM? I currently run VirtualBox on my MacBook and would like to stand up a test instance (VM) of Arch Linux v2013.04.01 ISO.

Are there any issues or quirky behaviors?

Thanks for any info!
 
Old 04-23-2013, 06:08 PM   #2
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I installed a version of Arch a while ago in a VM on VirtualBox. It worked just fine.
 
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archlinux-2013.08.01-dual.iso in VirtualBox 4.2.16 is smoking fast.
 
Old 08-28-2013, 10:37 AM   #4
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When you boot the virtual OS, do you get any strange POST messages? Also the new installer which omits the GUI framework installer is painfully harder than it needs to be for such a minimal rolling-release O.S.
 
  


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