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Old 07-20-2007, 11:19 AM   #1
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Slackware and virtualbox packages


Hi folks,

CPU - AMD Athlon64 X2 3800
HD - SATA 160G
RAM - 2G dual channel
Broadband - 6M


I'm prepared to install Slackware and aware that its latest version is Slackware-12.0. Whether download "Slackware 12.0 DVD ISO (everything)" on;

http://www.slackware.com/getslack/torrents.php
???

Tks.


I'm going to run Slackware on a Virtual Machine, "VirtualBox";

http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

I have no idea to download which package. Pls shed me some light. OR "VirtualBox" is already on Slackware port? Tks.


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Old 07-20-2007, 12:10 PM   #2
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You can download the Slackware DVD via the torrents if you like. Or if you can't be bothered to download the entire DVD, just CDs 1 and 2 will probably get you almost everything you need.

I'm not sure I understand what you mean when you say "I'm going to run Slackware on a Virtual Machine" - do you mean you will be running Slackware as the guest operating system? Or that you want to run VirtualBox under Slackware (with Slackware as the host)?

If it's the former, you need to install the package for whichever distro you're running at the moment (if it's not listed, choose the "All Distributions" one).

If it's the latter, use the "All Distributions" one, chmod +x the .run file you download, then run it as root, and it'll install into /opt by default. The onscreen instructions are pretty clear.

Hope that helps
 
Old 07-21-2007, 01:06 AM   #3
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Hi pwc101,

Tks for your advice.

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You can download the Slackware DVD via the torrents if you like. Or if you can't be bothered to download the entire DVD, just CDs 1 and 2 will probably get you almost everything you need.
Noted with tks. I expect to download the minimal CD and install the rest via Internet. I think my PC will have sufficient power even to compile the packages from source.

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I'm not sure I understand what you mean when you say "I'm going to run Slackware on a Virtual Machine" - do you mean you will be running Slackware as the guest operating system? Or that you want to run VirtualBox under Slackware (with Slackware as the host)?

If it's the former, you need to install the package for whichever distro you're running at the moment (if it's not listed, choose the "All Distributions" one).

If it's the latter, use the "All Distributions" one, chmod +x the .run file you download, then run it as root, and it'll install into /opt by default. The onscreen instructions are pretty clear.
Virtualization is completely new to me. I'm prepared to build a Virtual PC for test. I shall install several OS, Linux and Unix both i386 and amd64 on the box. Slackware will be one of the guest OS. I'll download "ALL Distributions". One further question, can i386 Linux/Unix run on amd64 virtual PC? Tks.


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Old 07-21-2007, 10:04 AM   #4
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The way I understand it, VirtualBox shares the same cpu and as much ram as you tell it to use . It only emulates sound (ich 82088a), video (unique vbox) and nic (amd pcnet). So if your host is amd64 your guests will be also.

That's what I've come to understand. I haven't used any 64 bit processors so I have no personal experience to base on.
 
Old 07-21-2007, 02:16 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by satimis
Slackware will be one of the guest OS. I'll download "ALL Distributions".
To install Slackware under a virtual machine (in VirtualBox, for example), you need the Slackware isos, not the Slackware VirtualBox installation package. To install VirtualBox, the package you need to download is the one that matches the current distro you're running. If none matches, get the All Distributions one.
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One further question, can i386 Linux/Unix run on amd64 virtual PC? Tks.
As far as I can make out from the VirtualBox manual, you can run 64-bit OSs on 64-bit virtual machines.
 
Old 07-21-2007, 06:48 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by pwc101
To install Slackware under a virtual machine (in VirtualBox, for example), you need the Slackware isos, not the Slackware VirtualBox installation package. To install VirtualBox, the package you need to download is the one that matches the current distro you're running. If none matches, get the All Distributions one.As far as I can make out from the VirtualBox manual, you can run 64-bit OSs on 64-bit virtual machines.
Hi pwc101,


I'll run Ubuntu-server-7.04-amd64 as host OS and 64bit virtualbox as virtualizer. Other guest OS will be 64bit OpenBSD4.1 and 32bit Slackware. I don't know whether 32bit Slackware can work on this VM. I'm aware there is a 64bit Slackware from another website. I'm prepared to test 32bit Slackware. This is for test only NOT for production.


Edit:
If virtualbox can't support this arrangement can vmware-server do it?

I think the later is NOT free? What about QEMU and BOCH?

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Last edited by satimis; 07-21-2007 at 06:52 PM.
 
Old 07-21-2007, 06:49 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by dracolich
The way I understand it, VirtualBox shares the same cpu and as much ram as you tell it to use . It only emulates sound (ich 82088a), video (unique vbox) and nic (amd pcnet). So if your host is amd64 your guests will be also.

That's what I've come to understand. I haven't used any 64 bit processors so I have no personal experience to base on.
Hi dracolich,

Your advice noted with tks.


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