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== Fedora 14 Virtual Box Installation on Mac OS X 10.9 ==
 
* Set up for the SCEC CME Configuration:
 
== Virtual Box Software ==
 
* Install VB v4.3.18
 
  
== Download Fedora 14 ==
 
* While current Fedora is v20, some VB features like guest additions work best on older versions of fedora
 
** Machine name: scecbbp
 
** Machine type: Linux - Fedora (64Bit)
 
*Use the Default System except:
 
** Set Base Memory to 2048MB
 
** Set FileSystem type VDI
 
** set dynamically allocated
 
** Size: 71.31GB dynamic (does not need to be exactly this value)
 
* After machine is created, select "Settings", "Display"
 
** Increase video memory to 32MB
 
* Define a shared folder location on host system
 
** Select a folder on host system called "share"
 
* Download "Fedora-14-x86_64-DVD.iso" onto Mac hard drive
 
** Load it into VB
 
** Select the "Fedora 14 iso image downloaded above", and then click "OK"
 
* Boot (Start) the new machine and the Fedora 14 installation will begin
 
** Select "install a new system or upgrade..."
 
* Skip the media test
 
* When warning dialog asking about re-initializing device pops-up, select "Re-Initialize All"
 
* Machine name: "scecbbp"
 
* Select "Los Angeles" time zone
 
* Root password set to: "scecbbp2014"
 
* Installation type: "Use all space"
 
** Select the review and Customize box at the bottom of page
 
** Delete the /home partition and make the / partition larger to use the space used by /home. Set it to Max size shown on screen
 
*When it prompts for software to install
 
** Select Customize Now
 
** Edit source (from http to DVD)
 
** Select "Software Development" and
 
**add "Fedora 14 - x86_64" and "Fedora 14 - x86_64 Updates"
 
** to add these, modify repository by changing url from https to http
 
* Actual installation begins...
 
* After machine reboots...
 
* User setup
 
** Username: scecbbp
 
** Fullname: Broadband Platform
 
** Password: sceccme
 
** advanced settings and added this users to the wheel group
 
* Installation ends!
 
* Open terminal window
 
* Set up sudo access for user cme
 
** su - (to become root)
 
** visudo
 
**Find the line that says
 
**ROOT ALL=(ALL) ALL
 
**under that line add the line
 
*** Add line at the end: "scecbbp    ALL=(ALL)    ALL"
 
*Error on sudo yum install
 
** edit /etc/yum.repo.d/ files. Comment in the base url, and remove https and add http for mirrors.
 
** This changes seems related to where image is originally loaded from, and this was needed
 
** to get it to work from mac disk image.
 
** edit /etc/yum.repos.d files to comment in baseurl and change https to http for mirror sites
 
* Install missing Python dependencies for BBP and UCVM
 
**sudo yum install numpy scipy python-matplotlib python-basemap
 
* Disable the sendmail daemon
 
** sudo chkconfig sendmail off
 
** Install Pyproj
 
** Download Pyproj from https://pyproj.googlecode.com/files/pyproj-1.8.9.tar.gz
 
** untar, then run "sudo python ./setup.py install"
 
* Install the Virtual Box guest additions (from http://www.sysprobs.com/install-fedora-15-virtualbox-steps-install-virtualbox-guest-additions-fedora-15)
 
** sudo yum install dkms
 
** Select "Devices" -> "Insert Guest Additions CD image..."
 
** sudo su -
 
** cd /media/VBOXADDITIONS_<VERSION_NUMBER>
 
** sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
 
** Reboot!
 
  
* Setting up a shared folder on the virtual machine
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== Related Entries ==
** https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=15868
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*[[Broadband Platform]]
** edit /etc/rc.local to automount
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*[[BBP Images]]
**mount -t vboxsf share /home/<username>/host
 

Revision as of 23:28, 20 October 2014


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