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shinobar wrote:virtualbox-4.3.12.sfs for Puppy 4.3.1 and most of Puppies 5.x including Lucid, Precise Puppy, Slacko and more.
Available from http://shino.pos.to/party/bridge.cgi?puppy/opt/

It has pre-build kernel modules for Puppy-4.3.1, Lucid, Precise-5.7.1, and Slacko-5.7.
For other kernels, you need devx and kernel source packages to build the kernel modules.

Hi,

Question: What's the best puppy for virtualbox?

After trying unsuccessfully to install devx on Tahrpup, just want to pick the best puppy for vbox.

thx

johnywhy wrote:

shinobar wrote:virtualbox-4.3.12.sfs for Puppy 4.3.1 and most of Puppies 5.x including Lucid, Precise Puppy, Slacko and more.
Available from http://shino.pos.to/party/bridge.cgi?puppy/opt/

It has pre-build kernel modules for Puppy-4.3.1, Lucid, Precise-5.7.1, and Slacko-5.7.
For other kernels, you need devx and kernel source packages to build the kernel modules.

Hi,

Question: What's the best puppy for virtualbox?

After trying unsuccessfully to install devx on Tahrpup, just want to pick the best puppy for vbox.

thx

To insall devx on tarpup, I presume it is just a matter of downloading the .sfs file, right clicking on it and selecting "load sfs". At least this is how it is done on other puppy distributions.

on another puppylinux forum they say that it can be found here:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pu ... hr_6.0.sfs
Try to match the version of devx with your version of tahrpup

As for which is the best puppy for a virtualbox, I'm tempted to ask which is the best puppy. I tend to prefer distros that are the most up to date. I haven't tried tahrpup but it seems to be maintained more recently than the version I'm using which is "precise". So therefore if I was to start afresh for a 32 bit system I'd give tahrpup a try.

However, an older version of puppy may be more light weight and perhaps the goal of your virtualbox is to minimize ram use, as ram is precious.

For 64 bit systems, I'm currently using fatdog64 but want to try other versions as well. I recently built an iso for fatdog64 with virtualbox guest services installed (see my other thread).

If you are looking for prebuilt images a Google search reveals some:
http://virtualboxes.org/images/puppy-linux/

or if you tell us what system you want to host it in maybe I or someone else can build one for you.

Hi everybody and hi Shinobar,
now Virtualbox 5.0.10 is available, but not for Puppy... in the moment

Regards,
Walter

I thought that if you have it installed it will update itself??

No, it's not like Fire Fox!

Tahr 6.0.5 32 bit pae with a non standard kernel (emsee 4.3.2 32) to get Virtual Box installed I loaded the SFS for the kernel 4.3.2 sources, loaded the devx sfs for Tahr 6.0.5, and then downloded and installed the 32-bit: virtualbox-4.2.12-x86_src.install.pet available under the
Alternative Source-Based Installer heading towards the bottom of this web page http://www.silverdollarsolutions.com/Pu ... guide.html

under the index, I am confused by the different number scheme of virtubalbox numbers, can someone suggest the correct sfs file?

thanks,

This link might be a bit hidden in the first post. Scroll down to see the differences. Unfortunately, nothing for me with Quirky Unicorn (Barry Version) and installing the kernel directions are a bit confusing....

http://www.silverdollarsolutions.com/Pu ... lternative

The packages are very outdated.

Is it possible to have Virtualbox 4.3.12 in a .pet format please. Compared to .pet the .sfs file is HUGE! I got VB working in Precise Puppy 5.4.1 but I where can I find one for Slacko Puppy 6.3?

Hello,

First thanks for all people that contribute to Puppy Linux community. I'm a normal user who don't know much about linux but I like to try new things so I found Slacko 5.7 some years ago and started to use it in an old computer. Now I'm using slacko 6.3, pretty good puppy, but I need to use virtualbox but I can't find a version that works in kernel 3.14.55 (I think) that slacko 6.3 use. If someone could make a .pet or .sfs I would apreciate it.

Thanks again for your hard work and I hope that I don't have to install an stupid windows xp for somethings that I need to do in Windows (wine doesn't work T_T).

thank for this thread

i had some difficulties to get blackframe fullscreen modus away
and getting shared folders


managed with very big help from argentina

maybe somebody of beginners will need it too



http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 332#933332


great thankkkk to this great international forum!!!

Fulle wrote:Hello,

First thanks for all people that contribute to Puppy Linux community. I'm a normal user who don't know much about linux but I like to try new things so I found Slacko 5.7 some years ago and started to use it in an old computer. Now I'm using slacko 6.3, pretty good puppy, but I need to use virtualbox but I can't find a version that works in kernel 3.14.55 (I think) that slacko 6.3 use. If someone could make a .pet or .sfs I would apreciate it.

Thanks again for your hard work and I hope that I don't have to install an stupid windows xp for somethings that I need to do in Windows (wine doesn't work T_T).

I finally got the latest Virtualbox working in Slacko 6.3.0. It was actually pretty easy and all it involved was downloading a few files. This is for 32-bit version-latest Virtualbox http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... ux_x86.run Virtualbox Guest Additions(optional but highly recommended) http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... 5.1.10.iso devx http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pu ... _6.3.0.sfs kernel sources http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pe ... _noPAE.sfs . You need to first install the devx and kernel sources and then Virtualbox(just click to install and follow on-screen prompts if any).

amn87 wrote:I finally got the latest Virtualbox working in Slacko 6.3.0. It was actually pretty easy and all it involved was downloading a few files. This is for 32-bit version-latest Virtualbox http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... ux_x86.run.

You are a genius! Thx! I had tried a few times to get VirtualBox working in my puppy derivative (LxPup 16.07) to no avail I had lost almost every hope to make it happen some time ago 'til I found your post and your instructions worked great!

Thanks again!

Virtualbox 4.2.4 doesn't compile on Fatdog 720 Kernel 4.14.6.
Same for 5.2.4.

Any way out?

Sincerely,
Srinivas Nayak

VirtualBox version 5.1.10 - 112026

Built under Slacko 630 - K4.1.11 PAE
virtualbox-5.1.10-112026-i686.sfs

This package contains kernel modules for following kernels:

K 3.14.20 - noPAE
K 3.14.56 - PAE
K 4.1.11 - PAE
K 4.4.70 -PAE

Excellent post norgo!

I will add one more

Virtualbox 5.2.18 for the following 32-bit puppy versions
BionicPup32 19.03 kernel 4.9.163
Upup Bionic 18.05 kernel 4.9.96
Xeniapup 7.5 kernel 4.4.95

Download -------> vbox-5.2.18_x86_3-diff-pups.sfs
MD5 693e7b2a08ffb6c38e2f64adfae216ad
Size 81 MB
Includes the VBoxGuestAdditions_5.2.18.iso

Built from https://download.virtualbox.org/virtual ... ux_x86.run
Includes the VBoxGuestAdditions_5.2.18.iso

This is for 32-bit upupbionic 18.05 kernel 4.9.96
This is for 32-bit bionicpup32 19.03 kernel 4.9.163
This is for 32-bit xenialpup 7.5 kernel 4.4.95

Installs to /opt/
Launch from the menu Applications -->System -->Oracle VM Virtualbox

VirtualBox User Manual https://download.virtualbox.org/virtual ... Manual.pdf

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perdido excellent SFS!! will be very handy and is the latest. sure beats going through all those steps when one can just load up an SFS!!

I've driven myself up a wall trying to get VirtualBox running on XenialPup. I'm sure its something dumb on my part but I wonder if someone had built an sfs version yet? Help....

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