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I'm making a development environment using virtualbox + vagrant + arch and trying to reduce the footprint of the installation so that it's a quicker download. I have removed one of the larger directories: /usr/lib/firmware and everything seems to work. Is there any negative effect of doing this? Will firmware ever be required when running inside virtual box or can I safely
I expected I'd need the Intel folder as virtualbox seems to use the host CPU brand (in my case Intel) and reports an intel network adpater. However, even after removing everything inside /usr/lib/firmware, the virtual machine seems to work perfectly (not what I was expecting when I tried it!)
Considering this is over 100mb, will people have any problems running this box? I'd assume not as virtualbox should set it up with the same hardware. Audio and USB are turned off, as is video acceleration. My main worry was networking as the adapter is listed as an Intel PRO/1000.
in short: am I going to have any problems having removed this directory?
Thanks!
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Any driver having issues with missing firmware would likely complain to dmesg. Check this.
As for network interfaces, VB can emulate several models so just choose any one that works.
Depending on what kind of development it is, users may have issues with USB peripherals. For example, some USB UART controllers require firmware.
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Thanks. I've not had any trouble yet, so far so good!
It's web development so doesn't need any hardware other than bare minimum.
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