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This page will help you get started testing the weekly VirtualBox images. This is useful if you want to test FreedomBox images without owning a DreamPlug.

Downloading Images

The easiest thing might be to check out the latest VirtualBox build by downloading it over BitTorrent:

Once you download it:

  1. Decompress the VDI image.

  2. Create a new VirtualBox VM.

  3. If you want to duplicate the DreamPlug experience, make sure to give it 512 MB RAM.

  4. When it asks you about a "Virtual Hard Disk" select the .vdi file you extracted from the archive.

  5. Make sure to go into your VM's settings and check the "Enable PAE/NX" box in the [System] -> [Processor] screen.

That should be enough to let you boot the VM.

Logging In

You can log in as the superuser or a regular user:

root
freedom
fbx
frdm
plinth
config

As the names imply, the root user is the superuser, the fbx user is the normal user, and the plinth user is the box's system and self-maintenance user.

Remaining TODOs

See the Beta Release TODOs.

See also

* http://betweennowhere.net/tracker/freedombox-images

CategoryFreedomBox