[SCM] live-manual branch, debian, updated. debian/20100501-1-11-g687ccdb

Nick Niktaris niktaris at knoppel.org
Mon May 24 20:07:42 UTC 2010


The following commit has been merged in the debian branch:
commit 687ccdbb1075b3e5b4d964c227300c03fafd21b6
Author: Nick Niktaris <niktaris at knoppel.org>
Date:   Mon May 24 23:00:58 2010 +0300

    Merging testing Qemu, Virtualbox, VMware from Wiki.

diff --git a/xml/chapters/basics.xml b/xml/chapters/basics.xml
index 4f3f3db..49e5f95 100644
--- a/xml/chapters/basics.xml
+++ b/xml/chapters/basics.xml
@@ -148,6 +148,42 @@ $ qemu -cdrom binary.iso</screen>
 </section>
 
 <section>
+<title>Testing an ISO image with virtualbox-ose</title>
+
+<para>
+	In order to test the ISO with virtualbox-ose:
+</para>
+
+<para>
+	<screen># apt-get install virtualbox-ose</screen>
+</para>
+and either install 
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>the modules package for a stock kernel eg virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.26-1-486 or</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>the modules package compiled for your kernel using module-assistant from the package virtualbox-ose-source </para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+<para> Run Virtualbox:</para>
+For example, in Gnome
+<para>  {{{Applications -> System Tools -> VirtualBox OSE }}}</para>
+
+<para>Create a virtual machine from your Live ISO</para>
+
+<para>To create a virtual machine "mylive" from A CDROM ISO "binary.iso" in VirtualBox:</para>
+<para>  {{{Machine -> New }}}</para>
+<para>In the Wizard:  FIXME </para>
+</section>
+
+<section>
+<title>Testing an ISO image with VMware Workstation</title>
+
+<para>In order to test the ISO with VMware Workstation:</para>
+
+<para> Run VMware Workstation:</para>
+<para>Click on Edit virtual machine settings in the VM summary page. </para>
+<para>Then, click on the CD-ROM device and select Use ISO image. Remeber to connect the CD-ROM device at power on and remeber to adjust the boot order in the bios.</para>
+</section>
+
+<section>
 <title>Burning an ISO image to a physical medium</title>
 
 <para>
@@ -241,6 +277,16 @@ $ qemu -hda binary.img</screen>
 </para>
 
 </section>
+<section>
+<title>Testing an USB/HDD  image with VMware Workstation</title>
+
+<para>
+	In order to test the USB/HDD image with VMware Workstation:
+</para>
+
+<para> Run VMware Workstation:</para>
+<para>Write the image to an usb stick. In VMware, click on Edit virtual machine settings in VM summary page. Then, add a new physical harddisk device and enter the device node of your usb stick.</para>
+</section>
 
 <section>
 <title>Using the space left on a USB stick</title>

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