Comments below Peter West
He said to them, "Come and see." On 25/10/2010, at 2:32 AM, Larry Alkoff wrote: > jdd wrote: >> Le 24/10/2010 16:19, Larry Alkoff a écrit : >> >>> The server software is in the root directory. I think you mean the root partition. Saying "root directory" has confused everyone. Or are you referring to the /vdi directory? >> >> ?? > why the question marks? > > Maybe I installed the server software in the wrong place. > It is Ubuntu Server 64 bit and is located in the first primary partition. > > The setup of partitions is: > / > swap 2 gig > /home > > Is this correct? It will do. > > From what you say below it seems that the actual VBox software should > be in /home/.virtualbox. Is that correct? Probably the default location for the VBox files, like the VBox disks and machines. You can change the location when installing, or after installing through the preferences. jdd is saying that you probably should change the default location. For example, in the layout you have below, you could set the default location for machines and disks to /vdi. Just put it in a (real) partition that has enough space to accommodate the size of the virtual disk you specify. On my Mac, I have /Users/me/Library/VirtualBox/HardDisks and /Users/me/Library/VirtualBox/Machines. That is, these files are in my home directory. The file Users/me/Library/VirtualBox/HardDisks/XP-Pro.vdi contains my XP "disk", including all of its partitions. > > I understand that VBox will put the guest modules wherever I specify > which I guess could be /home or /vdi? > > So the disk would look like this: > > / Ubuntu server software > swap > /home > /home/.virtualbox the actual VBox software > /vdi > /vdi/module1 > /vdi/module2 > etc > > Would you please comment on my above. > > Larry > > >>> Should the Virtual Box software be in the root directory or /home? >> >> the virtualbox software is in whatever your distribution choose to >> setit up (or Oracle's install app), you have to install it as root, as >> you have later to run the setup each time you update the kernel >> >>> How should I load the guest system which will be Kubuntu? >> >> you have to install it like on any PC. You probably don't want to have >> the virtual disks on ~/.virtualbox, so choose a place to store the >> disks (and create them at first) - this place have to keep room... >> >> then lauch virtualbox and use the "new" button. Read the doc, may be... >> >> jdd >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest > Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada > $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing > Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store > http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > VBox-users-community mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
