running Virtualbox on Genode

[Vincent Digital]

Hi, Alex,

I've used your USB_RUN script to create an image file.
I followed your instructions to prepare the USB stick. However, the USB
stick cannot boot up.
Unfortunately, I do not have access to a laptop with serial port so I am
unable to get any logs.
Can I check with you on your instructions (the mini-howto below) instead.
Thanks.

# Short mini howto for nova_x86_64:
# - assumption - /dev/sdc is your USB stick
# - assumption - you are in the genode source root directory
# - assumption - you have prepared all external ports
# - assumption - you have build the rump tools -> tool/tool_chain_rump
#
# create a nova_x86_64 build directory
# - tool/create_builddir nova_x86_64
#
# Put/symlink your Windows 7 vdi to build/nova_x86_64/win7.vdi
#
# Set RUN_OPT in your build.conf to: RUN_OPT = --include image/disk
#
# Build everything:
# - make -C build/nova_x86_64 run/vbox_usb
#
# Make sure that the USB is not used - all partitions are un-mounted.
>> How should I prepare this USB stick, should it be formatted under a
particular filesystem (ext2, or FAT32)
>> I have tried various ways - delete everything including partitions, etc.
and then create a new partition
>> Can I clarify the steps below are in sequential order
>> 1. dd operation
>> 2. fdisk operation  - delete all partitions, then create a new partition
and then write to disk.
>> 3. Resizefs operation
>> 4. Mount partiton (I tried this but could not get a successful mount
until I create a filesystem using mke2fs. Is this step necessary ?)

# Copy disk image to your USB stick:
# - sudo dd if=build/nova_x86_64/var/run/vbox_usb.img of=/dev/sdc
#
# Make sure that the USB partition of the stick is un-mounted.
#
# Resize USB stick partition to maximum:
# - sudo fdisk /dev/sdc
# -- delete partition ('d')
# -- create partition - ('p')
# -- write table to disk and exit ('w')
#
# - sudo resize2fs -p /dev/sdc1
#
# Mount Genode partition on USB stick and copy your Windows image to the USB
# stick:
#
# - sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /media/genode
# - cp build/nova_x86_64/win7.vdi /media/genode/.
# - mkdir /media/genode/ram
# - cp build/nova_x86_64/bin/overlay_win7.vdi /media/genode/ram/.
# - umount /media/genode
#
# Boot your USB stick. For debugging get the serial output of the test
machine.
#






On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 3:03 AM, Alexander Boettcher <
alexander.boettcher at ...1...> wrote:

> On 28.08.2015 13:44, Alexander Boettcher wrote:
> >> The part that I am not sure are the "win7.vdi" and "overlay_win7.vdi"
> >> files. How are they linked to the vbox_auto_win7.iso file ?
> >> I have copied them onto the thumbdrive but is this correct ?
>
> You may try the following branch
> https://github.com/alex-ab/genode/commits/vbox_usb_run. There exists now
> a run script called repos/ports/run/vbox_usb.run which helps you in
> setting up a Virtualbox on Genode/NOVA running from USB stick and
> fetching the Virtualbox image from the vary same USB stick. Please
> follow the instruction as described in the run script.
>
> Still, there a lot of manual steps to go - but it may help a bit.
>
> Please keep in mind, depending on the read and write performance of your
> USB controller and stick the overall experience may be not as good as
> when used with a real hard disk.
>
> Alex.
>
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