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#1 2008-10-22 17:03:55
- dhave
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[SOLVED] Pre-built Arch VBox image?
I'm looking for a pre-built Arch installation that exists as a VirtualBox image.
I wanted to do a little short-term experimentation under Arch but don't want to mess up my primary installation. However, I'm not in the mood to do a complete installation either on spare disk space or into VirtualBox. That's why I'm looking for a pre-built image.
Thanks.
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#2 2008-10-22 18:15:46
- venky80
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Re: [SOLVED] Pre-built Arch VBox image?
+1
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#3 2008-10-22 19:41:18
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Re: [SOLVED] Pre-built Arch VBox image?
This is NOT what you're seeking, but you reminded me of an idea I had. I feel it suits this thread, so here's the URL: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=56935
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#4 2008-10-23 14:28:09
- dhave
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Re: [SOLVED] Pre-built Arch VBox image?
There's a VMware "appliance" (pre-built image) of ArchLinux that opens under VirtualBox.
It can be found here: http://bagside.com/bagvapp/index.html
Or, more specifically, here: http://174.36.1.2/arch.7z.
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#5 2008-10-23 17:31:53
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Re: [SOLVED] Pre-built Arch VBox image?
it is vmware and opens with virtualbox? how can it work with virtualbox?
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#6 2008-10-23 17:40:33
- dhave
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Re: [SOLVED] Pre-built Arch VBox image?
it is vmware and opens with virtualbox? how can it work with virtualbox?
Pleasant surprise.
I was aware that VMware images could be converted to VBox format, but, in fact, VBox manages to open my vmdk file. The pre-built image that I downloaded from the bagside side consists of eight *.vmdk files. I had VBox try to open the first (un-numbered) one, and -- voilà!
I'm running VirtualBox 2.0.2.
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