Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 17:14:00 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: VirtualBox question .... Message-ID: <541B5928.9000002@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <CAFudJd7Tu4UvWRdt_QJVWv=ETfoc71g8muu=Exxa2UStuJyNTw@mail.gmail.com> References: <541AF2F6.1080103@hiwaay.net> <CA%2ByoEx-KNF%2BCcYZx4M22YNzq6wVoh8h9gKj8Ad4aoG22Vg%2B2EQ@mail.gmail.com> <541B3AF4.1060009@hiwaay.net> <CAFudJd7Tu4UvWRdt_QJVWv=ETfoc71g8muu=Exxa2UStuJyNTw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 09/18/14 16:31, Ernesto Celis wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 3:05 PM, William A. Mahaffey III <wam@hiwaay.net> wrote:
>> On 09/18/14 10:07, Mario Lobo wrote:
>>> 2014-09-18 11:57 GMT-03:00 William A. Mahaffey III <wam@hiwaay.net
>>> <mailto:wam@hiwaay.net>>:
>>>
>>> .... I am trying to setup a CentOS 5.n VM under FBSD 9.3,
>>> virtualbox-ose-4.3.12_1. I have a CentOS netinstall ISO (mucho
>>> smaller than the full DVD1 req'd for local install) .... Will I be
>>> able to use that for the install, or do I need the full DVD1 ? TIA
>>>
>>> Hi;
>>>
>>> That is a question for CentOS, not virtualbox!
>>>
>>> You have to read the specs of these iso images to see what they are for.
>> I'm afraid I don't follow .... I don't think the netinstall iso cares at
>> all, I wasn't sure whether virtualbox was ready to do that .... In any
>> event, I got to the point of trying to setup the actual VM & the install
>> program asked for the name of an ISO to install .... I already burned a CD &
>> mounted it, what do I tell the installer to look at ? I tried various files
>> in the top directory & the installer crashed the OS (!!!!!) .... Any advice
>> ?
> Your question is Off Topic, since its not a problem with FreeBSD
> itself. If you already got VirtualBox running on FreeBSD, you only
> need to tell VirtualBox which is your iso file, from where it will
> boot the CentOS installer, beign this the netinstall ISO you must be
> sure your VirtualBox VM has a NAT or Bridged NIC, inorder to the
> installer can reach the Internet.
>
> Beyond that you should read CentOS install documentation and when in
> doubt ask in the CentOS support channels.
Very well, sorry for the noise (twice) :-/ ....
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William A. Mahaffey III
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