[ubuntu-us-mi] Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid in Virtual Box

[Robert Citek]

Was able to run Ubuntu 10.04 as a guest on Ubuntu 8.10 using VB
2.0.4-OSE and Ubuntu 8.04 using VB 1.5.6-OSE. However, I had to press
the F6 key at boot up and check both acpi=off and noapic.

I downloaded the ISO from 3/22:

$ wget -c -N 'http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/lucid-desktop-i386.iso'

Regards,
- Robert

[Greg Grossmeier]

<quoting name="Robert Citek" date="2010-03-23" time="11:51:28 -0400">

Post by Robert Citek
Was able to run Ubuntu 10.04 as a guest on Ubuntu 8.10 using VB
2.0.4-OSE and Ubuntu 8.04 using VB 1.5.6-OSE. However, I had to press
the F6 key at boot up and check both acpi=off and noapic.

Thanks Robert! This will be useful for anyone who is going to come to the
Global Jam this Saturday.

http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/38/detail/

You can do what Robert did and just keep your 10.04 install up-to-date
inside VirtualBox or make a LiveCD/USB Install media to run 10.04 "on the
metal."

See you all there!

Greg

[Steve Romanow]

On 3/23/2010 12:24 PM, Greg Grossmeier wrote:I have a machine with no
purpose right now. Is lucid ready for non-dev testing?

[Scott Moser]

Post by Steve Romanow
On 3/23/2010 12:24 PM, Greg Grossmeier wrote:I have a machine with no
purpose right now. Is lucid ready for non-dev testing?

Well, I don't qualify as "non-dev", but I'm running lucid on my T400
thinkpad now, and I actually haven't seen any problems with it.

Additionally, "beta" is generally the point at which ubuntu really is
asking for "non-dev" testing, so please do.

Scott

[Greg Grossmeier]

<quoting name="Steve Romanow" date="2010-03-23" time="12:30:37 -0400">

Post by Steve Romanow
On 3/23/2010 12:24 PM, Greg Grossmeier wrote:I have a machine with no
purpose right now. Is lucid ready for non-dev testing?

YES! It is in beta now and you can get the Beta ISO from:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/

All the better with a machine with no purpose :)

[Steve Romanow]

Post by Greg Grossmeier
<quoting name="Steve Romanow" date="2010-03-23" time="12:30:37 -0400">

Post by Steve Romanow
On 3/23/2010 12:24 PM, Greg Grossmeier wrote:I have a machine with no
purpose right now. Is lucid ready for non-dev testing?

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/
All the better with a machine with no purpose :)

I hate to see it sitting idle. I will dl. Thx.

[Scott Moser]

Post by Greg Grossmeier
<quoting name="Steve Romanow" date="2010-03-23" time="12:30:37 -0400">

Post by Steve Romanow
On 3/23/2010 12:24 PM, Greg Grossmeier wrote:I have a machine with no
purpose right now. Is lucid ready for non-dev testing?

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/

Don't get it from there. That is, as the link suggests, "daily-live".
While there have been many fixes since beta-1 that people have gotten in,
get the beta. That is at

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/lucid/beta-1/

[Steve Romanow]

Post by Scott Moser

Post by Greg Grossmeier
<quoting name="Steve Romanow" date="2010-03-23" time="12:30:37 -0400">

Post by Steve Romanow
On 3/23/2010 12:24 PM, Greg Grossmeier wrote:I have a machine with no
purpose right now. Is lucid ready for non-dev testing?

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/

Don't get it from there. That is, as the link suggests, "daily-live".
While there have been many fixes since beta-1 that people have gotten in,
get the beta. That is at
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/lucid/beta-1/

hrm. is there an ftp link? I am on my windows machine and I want to
use bandwidth limiting so Im not consuming my work's bw.

[Robert Citek]

Post by Robert Citek
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/

Don't get it from there. ?That is, as the link suggests, "daily-live".
While there have been many fixes since beta-1 that people have gotten in,
get the beta. ?That is at
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/lucid/beta-1/

That one goes to the DVD. Not really interested in a 4 GB DVD, of
which 80+% I won't even use. Looked for a CD link, but didn't find
one. Other than the dialy-live, is there a CD ISO? If so, where?

Regards,
- Robert

[Steve Romanow]

Post by Robert Citek

Post by Scott Moser

Post by Robert Citek
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/

Don't get it from there. That is, as the link suggests, "daily-live".
While there have been many fixes since beta-1 that people have gotten in,
get the beta. That is at
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/lucid/beta-1/

That one goes to the DVD. Not really interested in a 4 GB DVD, of
which 80+% I won't even use. Looked for a CD link, but didn't find
one. Other than the dialy-live, is there a CD ISO? If so, where?
Regards,
- Robert

Oh, good point. I want the cd iso also. think i will just get this
tonight.

[Scott Moser]

Post by Steve Romanow

Post by Robert Citek

Post by Scott Moser

Post by Robert Citek
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/

Don't get it from there. That is, as the link suggests, "daily-live".
While there have been many fixes since beta-1 that people have gotten in,
get the beta. That is at
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/lucid/beta-1/

That one goes to the DVD. Not really interested in a 4 GB DVD, of
which 80+% I won't even use. Looked for a CD link, but didn't find
one. Other than the dialy-live, is there a CD ISO? If so, where?
Regards,
- Robert

Oh, good point. I want the cd iso also. think i will just get this
tonight.

Sorry.
cdimage is daily. for releases:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/lucid/

[Robert Citek]

Post by Greg Grossmeier
<quoting name="Robert Citek" date="2010-03-23" time="11:51:28 -0400">

Post by Robert Citek
Was able to run Ubuntu 10.04 as a guest on Ubuntu 8.10 using VB
2.0.4-OSE and Ubuntu 8.04 using VB 1.5.6-OSE. ?However, I had to press
the F6 key at boot up and check both acpi=off and noapic.

Thanks Robert! This will be useful for anyone who is going to come to the
Global Jam this Saturday.
http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/38/detail/
You can do what Robert did and just keep your 10.04 install up-to-date
inside VirtualBox or make a LiveCD/USB Install media to run 10.04 "on the
metal."

I'm running 10.04 as a LiveCD within VBox. Is there a way to update
the ISO image without having to download a complete image? I'm
guessing not as it's an ISO, but figured it can't hurt to ask and I
might be pleasantly surprised.

Regards,
- Robert

[Steve Romanow]

Post by Robert Citek

Post by Greg Grossmeier
<quoting name="Robert Citek" date="2010-03-23" time="11:51:28 -0400">

Post by Robert Citek
Was able to run Ubuntu 10.04 as a guest on Ubuntu 8.10 using VB
2.0.4-OSE and Ubuntu 8.04 using VB 1.5.6-OSE. However, I had to press
the F6 key at boot up and check both acpi=off and noapic.

Thanks Robert! This will be useful for anyone who is going to come to the
Global Jam this Saturday.
http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/38/detail/
You can do what Robert did and just keep your 10.04 install up-to-date
inside VirtualBox or make a LiveCD/USB Install media to run 10.04 "on the
metal."

I'm running 10.04 as a LiveCD within VBox. Is there a way to update
the ISO image without having to download a complete image? I'm
guessing not as it's an ISO, but figured it can't hurt to ask and I
might be pleasantly surprised.
Regards,
- Robert

rsync will just get delta right?

[Scott Moser]

Post by Steve Romanow

Post by Robert Citek

Post by Greg Grossmeier
<quoting name="Robert Citek" date="2010-03-23" time="11:51:28 -0400">

Post by Robert Citek
Was able to run Ubuntu 10.04 as a guest on Ubuntu 8.10 using VB
2.0.4-OSE and Ubuntu 8.04 using VB 1.5.6-OSE. However, I had to press
the F6 key at boot up and check both acpi=off and noapic.

Thanks Robert! This will be useful for anyone who is going to come to the
Global Jam this Saturday.
http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/38/detail/
You can do what Robert did and just keep your 10.04 install up-to-date
inside VirtualBox or make a LiveCD/USB Install media to run 10.04 "on the
metal."

I'm running 10.04 as a LiveCD within VBox. Is there a way to update
the ISO image without having to download a complete image? I'm
guessing not as it's an ISO, but figured it can't hurt to ask and I
might be pleasantly surprised.
Regards,
- Robert

rsync will just get delta right?

rsync or zsync, yes.
take the file you have, put it somewhere, name it
ubuntu-10.04-beta1-desktop-amd64.iso (or whatever it should be named)
then:
zsync http://releases.ubuntu.com/lucid/ubuntu-10.04-beta1-desktop-amd64.iso.zsync

zsync is client side rsync essentially.

if you're on windows, i thikn theres probably a zsync client, but dont
know.

[Robert Citek]

Post by Scott Moser
rsync or zsync, yes.
take the file you have, put it somewhere, name it
ubuntu-10.04-beta1-desktop-amd64.iso ?(or whatever it should be named)
zsync http://releases.ubuntu.com/lucid/ubuntu-10.04-beta1-desktop-amd64.iso.zsync
zsync is client side rsync essentially.

This is what I did:

sudo apt-get install -y zsync
zsync http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/lucid-desktop-i386.iso.zsync
mv lucid-desktop-i386.iso.zs-old lucid-desktop-i386.iso.03-22

Took about 10 minutes and I had a new copy:

$ ls -lA
total 1388648
-rw------- 1 rwcitek rwcitek 710862848 2010-03-23 18:12 lucid-desktop-i386.iso
-rw-r--r-- 1 rwcitek rwcitek 709707776 2010-03-22 04:13
lucid-desktop-i386.iso.03-22

Regards,
- Robert

[Robert Citek]

Post by Robert Citek
Was able to run Ubuntu 10.04 as a guest on Ubuntu 8.10 using VB
2.0.4-OSE and Ubuntu 8.04 using VB 1.5.6-OSE. ?However, I had to press
the F6 key at boot up and check both acpi=off and noapic.

Since the issue seemed to be with acpi and apic, I had a look around
in the settings of VBox. Sure enough, under Machine > Settings >
General > Advanced (tab) > Extended Features (section), there are two
options: Enable ACPI and Enable IO APIC. I checked them both and then
started the VM using the 10.04 ISO. Ubuntu 10.04 booted up without
having to modify the boot options with F6, but took in excess of 7
minutes to boot. I rebooted with acpi=off and noapic and the LiveCD
booted in about a minute.

This was with Ubuntu 8.04 using VBox 1.5.6-OSE. On Ubuntu 8.10 using
VBox 2.0.4-OSE the LiveCD would not boot even with ACPI and APIC
checked in VBox. The only way to get 10.04 to boot was to set the
acpi=off and noapic options.

This was with the 03-23 ISO. We'll see what happens in the coming days.

Regards,
- Robert