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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. As the names imply, the root user is the superuser, and the fbx user is the normal user.

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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 most recently updated images are built by Pere:

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

or browse

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.

Network Configuration

Before booting the VM, configure the network interfaces as follows:

1. File -> Preferences -> [Network] -> [Host-only Networks]

  • Add a new host-only network with an IPv4 address like 192.168.1.n (where n is greater than 1), and with the DHCP server disabled.

1. VM's settings -> [Network] -> [Adapter 1]

  • Enable as Bridged Adapter connected to an interface on the host that can access the internet.

1. VM's settings -> [Network] -> [Adapter 2]

  • Enable as Host-only Adapter using the host-only network from step 1.

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

As the names imply, the root user is the superuser, and the fbx user is the normal user.

Remaining TODOs

See the ?Beta Release TODOs.

See also

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

Mounting Images Locally

If you want to mount images locally, use the following to copy built images off the VirtualBox:

$ mkdir /tmp/vbox-img1 /tmp/vbox-root1
$ vdfuse -f freedombox-unstable_2013.0519_virtualbox-i386-hdd.vdi /tmp/vbox-img1/
$ sudo mount -o loop /tmp/vbox-img1/Partition1 /tmp/vbox-root1
$ cp /tmp/vbox-root1/home/fbx/freedom-maker/build/freedom*vdi ~/
$ sudo umount /tmp/vbox-root1
# $ sudo umount /tmp/vbox-img1 # corruption here.


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