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Step (1) Was go to the and download the current 32-bit version, which seems to be named after a salad - ’32-bit Waldorf for Modern PCs’. Also, so I can use it when I forget everything that is in here. On the principle that the right person to explain something is someone who knows a little bit more but not too much more, I am writing this up. I am not an expert, and I find that a lot of instructions gloss over stuff that I spend ages figuring out. This is a brief documentation of how I installed a 32-bit CrunchBang Linux virtual machine on my 64-bit Debian box. It’s been a long time since I posted a computing-related post. repo file most people will use a different repo anyway. I have emailed aarnet maintainers ‘cos I can’t find their. (47) Except I want the system to get its updates from aarnet not from whatever it is defaulting to.

#Virtualbox shared folder fedora install

Now can get files in and out of the VM, can install software using yum/ dnf, so it is effectively done. I just put the above mount command into a small executable script called ‘ mount_share’ and stuck that in /home/username/bin directory on the guest…

Now, what if we want the shared folder to mount on boot? (40) Now looked at sharedhost to see if testfile appeared. (this made a little empty file in the shared directory – does it show up on the host?) This just tells the mount command that the filesystem type ( -t) is vboxsf, and then gives it some options regarding access, then tells it what to mount and where. Sudo mount -t vboxsf -o uid=$UID,gid=$(id -g) sharehost /mnt/shareguest (37) Back on guest at command line, typed: (36) Now VB knows about the folder on the host. Selected ‘Make permanent’ and ‘Automount’ why not. (35) Selected the folder on the host (easiest to use the pull down menu to select ‘Other’ and then browse).

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(34) On the menu at the top of the guest, selected ‘Devices -> Shared Folders -> Shared Folders Settings -> Add Folder Icon’ (i.e., clicked the folder plus a plus sign icon on the right). (33) On the host, created a folder to share as well. This may be a good idea on the host as well, I’m not sure. (30) Under VB menu at top of window, ‘Device -> Shared Clipboard’ chose enable, probably bidirectional. (28) Answer prompts – yes, I wish to proceed ( dnf is the new package manager, rather than yum) (25) …except that did not work… what package has the Linux kernel headers? (this line was given by the n output, so I did not need to hunt for the right package name)… (24) n output suggested typing: sudo yum install 686+PAE (23) Problem – VB needs to install some kernel modules and cannot make and install kernel modules without some development tools…

(22) At command prompt, cd to that directory and typed: (21) Opened the ‘Computer’ file browser on the guest and found the disk. Went to ‘Devices’ and ‘Insert Guest Additions CD image’.

(20) Guest additions – these allow shared folders between host and guest, and better control of the screen size and so forth for the VM. (19) Alternative 2 – go to ‘System’ settings for the VM and enable ‘PAE/NX’ in the ‘Processor’ tab. (18) Alternative 1: Choose the non-PAE kernel from the boot menu… (17) Said it can’t boot, needs processor with PAE. (15) VB ‘Devices’ menu (at top of virtual machine, VM) -> Removed disk from optical drive. (14) And away it went…downloaded and installed. Made them an admin so they can use ‘ sudo’ to run commands. (10) Went to ‘Network’ page and just put in a hostname. I prefer to add things in a more fine-grained way later. I just asked for MATE and some development tools. I had a little exclamation mark on the ‘Installation Source’ icon, but the installer went to the web and found a mirror and eventually all I had to do was click on ‘Automatic Partitioning’. (7) Chose language and waited a bit more. (5) Double clicked the icon for the VM to boot it and when it got to the Fedora menu, chose ‘Install’

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(4) Selected ‘Storage’ and put the iso in the virtual disk drive. Upped the defaults a bit since the host is a reasonably capable machine. (2) Opened VirtualBox (VB) and selected ‘New’ and called it whatever. I went to Why it is buried under ‘ workstation‘ I do not know. (1) Downloaded the net install iso image.

#Virtualbox shared folder fedora 32 bit

This is just a simple, default install of Fedora 32 bit (version 22 at time of typing) on Virtual Box. Modern Linux install is pretty straightforward and this file is probably pretty redundant, but I have found over the years that a lot of information is too advanced for me. Very simple-minded step through for putting Fedora on VirtualBox.