> On Apr 12, 2015, at 3:23 PM, Haines Brown <hai...@histomat.net> wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 11:56:38AM -0500, Cliff Scott wrote: >> > >> The format of the actual disk partition that hold the VDI has no >> affect on the internal partitioning and formatting of the VDI. You >> have to partition it and format it just as if it was a physical >> disk. The VDI is just as the name says “a virtual disk image”. Treat >> it as a physical disk inside VBox and you’ll be good. > > Thanks. Now that you have explained the situation, it is obvious, but > one has to know that the drive referred to is the vitual disk. As you > suggested, I prepared it and completed the installation in the > VitualBox. > > Unfortunately, this only installed the base system. The Slackware 14.1 > comes as two ISO files, a d1.iso and a d2.iso. During installation, > after packages from disk 1 were installed, I'm, asked whether I want to > insert a second disk. I said yes, but this led nowhere. I tried to > specify the path to the disk 2 iso file, but that didn't work. I saved > the virtual machine and in the VitualBox manager defined the source as > the disk2 iso, but now when I start the virtual Slackware, it just > boots. How does one install packages available in an ISO file when the > system is already installed? > > Haines Brown
Haines, Try using the menu item CD/DVD Devices at the top of the window. Expand that and the first item is “Choose a CD/DVD file”. If the previous ISO is still listed as attached in the menu then eject it and then chose the second one. Choosing the file should insert the ISO into the virtual CD/DVD drive and be accessible from inside the guest, in this case Slackware, the same as it was for the installation. Hopefully somewhere in the installed system there will be a way to tell it to add more packages. If you don’t see how to get it to add the packages then find a Linux Guru and ask him. I don’t know enough about Linux to help you on this part. Let me know how it goes. Cliff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BPM Camp - Free Virtual Workshop May 6th at 10am PDT/1PM EDT Develop your own process in accordance with the BPMN 2 standard Learn Process modeling best practices with Bonita BPM through live exercises http://www.bonitasoft.com/be-part-of-it/events/bpm-camp-virtual- event?utm_ source=Sourceforge_BPM_Camp_5_6_15&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VA_SF _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
