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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:
- Decompress the VDI image.
Create a new VirtualBox VM.
If you want to duplicate the DreamPlug experience, make sure to give it 512 MB RAM.
- When it asks you about a "Virtual Hard Disk" select the .vdi file you extracted from the archive.
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.
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.
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
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.