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     1.4 +====== Virtualbox ======
     1.5 +
     1.6 +===== SliTaz GNU/Linux with VirtualBox =====
     1.7 +
     1.8 +You can now play with SliTaz GNU/Linux on Windows with VirtualBox.
     1.9 +Required:
    1.10 +
    1.11 +    * [[http://virtualbox.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/slitaz-gnulinux-is-here/|SliTaz GNU/Linux Image]], the virtual machine.
    1.12 +    * [[http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads|Oracle VirtualBox]] software, binaries for Windows.
    1.13 +    * [[http://www.7-zip.org/fr/download.html|7-Zip]], needed to decompress the file.
    1.14 +
    1.15 +===== Step 1 - Downloads and installation. =====
    1.16 +
    1.17 +    * Download and install 7-Zip - necessary to decompress the files.
    1.18 +    * Download and install the Oracle VitualBox software.
    1.19 +    * Download and decompress the virtual machine somewhere on your local hard drive.
    1.20 +
    1.21 +===== Step 2 - Play the virtual machine. =====
    1.22 +
    1.23 +Before running SliTaz GNU/Linux virtual machine you need to configure a new virtual machine in the VirtualBox software.
    1.24 +
    1.25 +  -     Run virtualbox [//Start/Programms/Oracle xVM VirtualBox/VirtualBox//].
    1.26 +  -     Add a new Machine: Click on [//New//] toolbar button.
    1.27 +  -     Click [//Next//] in the “ Create New Virtual Machine ” dialog box.
    1.28 +  -     Give a name to your new virtual machine ( i.e: SliTaz GNU/Linux ), and select Linux 2.6 in OS Type list and click [//Next//] .
    1.29 +  -     Select the amount of memory for the virtual machine. 256MB default should be sufficient.
    1.30 +  -     In the “ //Virtual Hard Disk// ” dialog box click on the [//Existing//] button to use your SliTaz virtual disk.
    1.31 +  -     The Virtual Disk Manager start. Click the [//Add//] toolbar button, locate and select the VDI file (i.e: slitaz-1.9-x86.vdi ).
    1.32 +  -     Click on [//Next//] and [//Finish//].
    1.33 +
    1.34 +You can now play with your new SliTaz GNU/Linux virtual machine.
    1.35 +
    1.36 +<note>
    1.37 +VirtualBox can use VMware virtual disks as well.
    1.38 +</note>
    1.39 +
    1.40 +===== Virtualbox-OSE =====
    1.41 +
    1.42 +You can install the open source edition of virtualbox (free software) in SliTaz with the package virtualbox-ose:
    1.43 +<code>
    1.44 +# tazpkg get-install virtualbox-ose
    1.45 +</code> 
    1.46 +This is a restricted version without USB support.
    1.47 +
    1.48 +===== Slitaz get-virtualbox =====
    1.49 +
    1.50 +You can install virtualbox (full, but non-free version) in Slitaz with the get-virtualbox package:
    1.51 +<code># tazpkg get-install get-virtualbox ; get-virtualbox</code>
    1.52 +
    1.53 +Other virtualization (free software) is also available such as lguest or qemu.
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    1.56 +^  Page Review Section  ^^ 
    1.57 +|Quality| Low |
    1.58 +|Review| Major Updates FIXME |
    1.59 +|Priority| Medium |
    1.60 +|Problems| add a [[http://forum.slitaz.org|forum post link]]|
    1.61 +|:::     | OR add a [[http://labs.slitaz.org/issues |lab issue tracker link ]]|
    1.62 +|How to Improve| We have get-virtualbox pkg now? Can we remove linux-source dependency from get-virtualbox like nvidia?|
    1.63 +|:::|  |
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