On 06/08/2017 08:52 PM, Stephen
Woodbridge wrote:
Hi
all,
I just tried to install OSGeo Live 10.5 on Windows using
VirtualBox 5.1 and ran into a bunch of problems. I will allow for
that fact that this is my first attempt to do this, but want to
document the issues.
1. Follow the link to get VirtualBox and installed it on Windows
10 64-bit machine.
2. tried to install vmdk following the instruction, I could not
get this to work. Issues are:
* VirtualBox Dialogs are different on 5.1, but could basically
follow the intent.
* when I tried to start the VM it launches and I get black screen
with _ cursor and nothing more. Powered off VM, restarted it, same
result. Could not find a work-a-round to this issue
3. Created a new VM using the 32-bit iso. For some reason,
VirtualBox would not allow me to create 64-bit VM, so its a good
thing you supplied a 32-bit iso also.
You'll find the answer to the 32bit-only problem here:
https://superuser.com/questions/866962/why-does-virtualbox-only-have-32-bit-option-no-64-bit-option-on-windows-7
*
Launching this VM, fails with No boot disk error.
* Launching this VM and quickly hiting F12 key, brings up boot
options and selecting "c" to boot from CD-ROM, boots into Linux
installation Menu
Are you trying from the ISO file, or a CD? Maybe you did not add the
CDROM in the VM settings? Under Storage->ContollerIDE be sure
that the machine's CDROM drive is selected: Use the "CD icon" to
browse and select your CDROM drive. Then check the "Live CD/DVD"
checkbox, and try to boot.
*
If you select "Try Linux without installing" from the menu, it
brings up OSGeo Live, but no where are these steps documented and
I tried menu options before discovering this.
4. Once in OSGeo Live, I could not access my shared folder. It
took me some time to work around this but eventually this worked:
sudo umount /media/sf_SharedFolder
sudo chmod 777 /media/sf_SharedFolder
sudo mount -t vboxsf -o rw,nodev,uid=0,gid=120 SharedFolder
/media/sf_SharedFolder
I noticed the rc.local adds vboxsf group to user, but it does not
appear in the user account:
user@osgeolive:/media/sf_SharedFolder$ id
uid=999(user) gid=999(user)
groups=999(user),4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),27(sudo),29(audio),30(dip),33(www-data),46(plugdev),50(staff),100(users),121(tomcat8),125(lpadmin),126(sambashare)
I'll be using OSQeo Live at FOSS4G Boston to present the pgRouting
Workshop.
-Steve
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