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#101 Post by TheAsterisk! »

Master_wrong wrote:Thanks asterisk...

also here is the vbox addition and extension pack.
extension pack can be installed from terminal using virtualbox,
ie:
$virtualbox virtualbox.extension.pack.files

http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/
Huh. I didn't know you could install it from the command line. I've always done it through the GUI menu (File -> Preferences -> Extensions).

Anyway, the extension pack is also linked through my packages guide. Once you are on the page specific to your VBox version, at the bottom there's a link to "extras", and from there a link to the extension pack, guest additions ISO, user manual (online HTML & PDF), etc.

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#102 Post by TheAsterisk! »

Updated to version 4.1.14.


If anybody would like me to make a "one-for-all" sort of SFS, with drivers for several of the more recent Puppies included- like shinobar has done with a few VirtualBox versions- let me know. The upload would take a little while, but it'd be easy enough to do.

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#103 Post by Kirsten-Duarte »

I have issues with the VirtualBox 4.1.8.... I installed the pets correctly, as they were given here in this thread... but the kernel modules aren't being loaded, and with that, the vbox does not load either.

I get the warning that I have to check on SMP and everything, and I have to check with dmesg... once I do that, it indicates its trying to load the modules from multiple locations, but they are the wrong compile...

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#104 Post by TheAsterisk! »

Kirsten-Duarte wrote:I have issues with the VirtualBox 4.1.8.... I installed the pets correctly, as they were given here in this thread... but the kernel modules aren't being loaded, and with that, the vbox does not load either.

I get the warning that I have to check on SMP and everything, and I have to check with dmesg... once I do that, it indicates its trying to load the modules from multiple locations, but they are the wrong compile...
While it's obvious that things haven't worked as they should for you, I'm afraid I can't quite tell what the specifics of your situation are.

I'll need a bit more info before I can try to help.

First, could you please tell me which version of Puppy you're running, and check the kernel version by typing

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uname -r
into a terminal?

Second, could you try to launch virtualbox from the command line, and copy and post what it returns so that I can read it? (Pasting into a text file and attaching that might work better still.)

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#105 Post by TheAsterisk! »

Slacko 533 (both regular and PAE kernels) packages added.

No VirtualBox version change.

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virtualbox-4.1.14.sfs

#106 Post by shinobar »

virtualbox-4.1.14.sfs for Puppy 4.3.1 and most recent Puppies 5.x including Lucid Puppy and Slacko.
Available from http://shino.pos.to/party/bridge.cgi?puppy/opt/

If you have ever installed another or older virtualbox PET/SFS and trying new, remove old ones and delete '/lib/modules/*/misc/vbox*.ko', /opt/VirtualBox, if they are exists, before loading the new.

virtualbox-4.1.14.sfs has pre-build kernel modules for:
  • 2.6.30.5
  • 2.6.32.59
  • 2.6.37.6
  • 3.0.25
  • 3.1.10-slacko_paeA
  • 2.6.32.28
  • 2.6.33.2
  • 2.6.39.4
  • 3.1.10-slacko_4gA
For other kernels, you need corresponding kernel source and devx to build the vbox kernel modules.
Load the kernel source SFS, devx SFS and this virtualbox SFS. Then type 'virtualbox' on a terminal.
Downloads for Puppy Linux [url]http://shino.pos.to/linux/downloads.html[/url]

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virtualbox-4.1.16.sfs

#107 Post by shinobar »

virtualbox-4.1.16.sfs for Puppy 4.3.1 and most recent Puppies 5.x including Lucid Puppy and Slacko.
Available from http://shino.pos.to/party/bridge.cgi?puppy/opt/

If you have ever installed another or older virtualbox PET/SFS and trying new, remove old ones and delete '/lib/modules/*/misc/vbox*.ko', /opt/VirtualBox, if they are exists, before loading the new.

As for slacko, you may need to install 'mesa' package.

virtualbox-4.1.16.sfs has pre-build kernel modules for:
  • 2.6.30.5 (Puppy-4.3.x)
  • 2.6.32.28 (Lupu)
  • 2.6.32.59 (Wary-511)
  • 2.6.33.2 (Wary-5.3)
  • 3.0.25 (Racy-5.3)
  • 3.1.10-slacko_4gA (slacko-5.3.3)
  • 3.1.10-slacko_paeA (slacko-5.3.3 PAE)
For other kernels, you need corresponding kernel source and devx to build the vbox kernel modules.
Load the kernel source SFS, devx SFS and this virtualbox SFS. Then type 'virtualbox' on a terminal.
Downloads for Puppy Linux [url]http://shino.pos.to/linux/downloads.html[/url]

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#108 Post by TheAsterisk! »

Updated to VirtualBox 4.1.16

Having FTP issues with one of my mirrors, but the other seems fine. I'll just link the working mirror for now.

Haven't made a package yet for Puppy 301 and 400, but the rest of the 4-series as well as Lucid, Slacko, and the latest Racy and Wary have packages available. I may also add packages for a few other versions in the next few days, and if I do I'll update this post with a quick note.

gcmartin

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#109 Post by gcmartin »

Thanks @TheAsterisk! and @Shinobar.

I am just getting to a point where I would like to host a VM environment to do PUPs testing. I would like to get a good start at doing such WHEN I saw this post.
shinobar wrote:virtualbox-4.1.16.sfs for Puppy 4.3.1 and most recent Puppies 5.x including Lucid Puppy and Slacko.
Available from http://shino.pos.to/party/bridge.cgi?puppy/opt/

If you have ever installed another or older virtualbox PET/SFS and trying new, remove old ones and delete '/lib/modules/*/misc/vbox*.ko', /opt/VirtualBox, if they are exists, before loading the new.

As for slacko, you may need to install 'mesa' package.

virtualbox-4.1.16.sfs has pre-build kernel modules for:
  • 2.6.30.5 (Puppy-4.3.x)
  • 2.6.32.28 (Lupu)
  • 2.6.32.59 (Wary-511)
  • 2.6.33.2 (Wary-5.3)
  • 3.0.25 (Racy-5.3)
  • 3.1.10-slacko_4gA (slacko-5.3.3)
  • 3.1.10-slacko_paeA (slacko-5.3.3 PAE)
For other kernels, you need corresponding kernel source and devx to build the vbox kernel modules.
Load the kernel source SFS, devx SFS and this virtualbox SFS. Then type 'virtualbox' on a terminal.
For my clarification, does this mean that if I use any 1 of the 7 distros mentioned, I will NOT have to download kernels or DEVXs?

And, is there a description or manual or information tailored to just Puppy Linux VM operations (host and Guest) somewhere?

Thanks in advance

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virtualbox-4.1.18.sfs

#110 Post by shinobar »

(UPDATE: 22-Jun-2012)
virtualbox-4.1.18.sfs for Puppy 4.3.1 and most of Puppies 5.x including Lucid Puppy and Slacko.
Available from http://shino.pos.to/party/bridge.cgi?puppy/opt/
Downloads for Puppy Linux [url]http://shino.pos.to/linux/downloads.html[/url]

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#111 Post by TheAsterisk! »

Sorry about my sporadic and prolonged absences. Some rather serious health issues in the family, I'm afraid.
gcmartin wrote:For my clarification, does this mean that if I use any 1 of the 7 distros mentioned, I will NOT have to download kernels or DEVXs?
You are correct. For those listed Puppy versions, the SFS is good-to-go out-of-the-box, excepting (maybe) high-performance graphics drivers, or maybe SDL libraries. No need for the DEVX or kernel sources, though.
And, is there a description or manual or information tailored to just Puppy Linux VM operations (host and Guest) somewhere?
Not that I know of, but I can search around a bit later this weekend.

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#112 Post by rdorling »

Thankyou so much for your virtualbox pets! With Puppy Linux and VBox I can now run a VM straight off my USB stick without ever touching the host computer's HD. Have spent many hours this week trying different combos and can say without doubt this was the easiest way to do it. I have stored my virtual machine on a FAT32 partition of the USB stick so can even run it from my Windows VirtualBox install when connected to my home PC. (This needs to be the first partition on the stick, otherwise Windows won't see it)

The only issue with using FAT32 is the 4Gb restriction on the VDI. But I got a cut-down XP distro running pretty fast with 512Mb RAM allocation. If you give the FAT32 partition a Label in GParted you can then put a script in your Startup folder like "mount -L label /mnt/myfat" to ensure the VirtualBox config files don't get confused if the drive id of the FAT partition(e.g. sda/sdb etc..) changes when it is mounted on different hosts.

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#113 Post by shinobar »

rdorling wrote:The only issue with using FAT32 is the 4Gb restriction on the VDI.
How about formating ntfs for the 1st partition on the USB device?
Downloads for Puppy Linux [url]http://shino.pos.to/linux/downloads.html[/url]

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#114 Post by TheAsterisk! »

Finally updated to 4.1.18. Sorry about the lag.

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#115 Post by bark_bark_bark »

cool, I am downloading right now. I never knew you could use html pages on dropbox.
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#116 Post by TheAsterisk! »

Some 64-bit VirtualBox 4.1.18 packages for FATDOG64 and LighthousePup have been added!

My access to 64-bit hardware is still a bit unpredictable, but I have managed to make packages for FATDOG64 versions 521 and 601, and for LighthousePup 514-B4. I just finished uploading them a short time ago, and they should now be listed in my packages guide, too.

I'll add this information to the main post.

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#117 Post by TheAsterisk! »

UPDATED to VirtualBox release 4.1.20

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#118 Post by TheAsterisk! »

ADDED some 'preview' packages for 4.2.0 RC2

As it's not a stable release, I won't include it in my main post or overall guide pages, but it should be visible and available from either of my mirrors, linked below.

http://www.silverdollarsolutions.com/Pu ... guide.html
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11521006/asteri ... guide.html

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#119 Post by TheAsterisk! »

UPDATED to VirtualBox release 4.1.22

ADDED some 'preview packages for VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC4

All packages, stable and pre-release, are now included in the packages guide.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

I'm probably going to remove some of the older packages from my mirrors soon, but will retain those packages made for Puppy versions which have no newer packages available.

(Let me know if anyone needs a particular older package. I'll keep some local copies for at least a week if re-uploading is necessary.)

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Thank you!

#120 Post by tazoc »

TheAsterisk! wrote:Some 64-bit VirtualBox 4.1.18 packages for FATDOG64 and LighthousePup have been added!

My access to 64-bit hardware is still a bit unpredictable, but I have managed to make packages for FATDOG64 versions 521 and 601, and for LighthousePup 514-B4. I just finished uploading them a short time ago, and they should now be listed in my packages guide, too.

I'll add this information to the main post.
Thank you for these. :D You've made VirtualBox a lot easier for many Puppians! Although Lighthouse64 has a System Tool to d/l and install VBox, it requires the large combined devX/kernel src SFS. I'm assuming your Pets do not--a big help for those without a reliable broadband connection, or who prefer not to install an SFS.

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TaZoC
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