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What About VirtualBSD 9?

Jan 25, 12 10:32 PM
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Just recently, I’ve been playing with a new Unix distribution known as VirtualBSD.  Apparently, I like it!  VirtualBSD isn’t the same as other BSD distributions such as FreeBSD.  How come?  Well, let say you cannot directly install VirtualBSD onto a machine/computer, but you have to use virtualization for it.  So, VirtualBSD is meant to be used with VMware.  Don’t sweat VirtualBox users, because the developers of VirtualBSD also have you guys in their mind, and so they had created a script which will help you convert VirtualBSD for VMware into VirtualBSD for VirtualBox.

People might wonder why the developers force users to use virtualization for VirtualBSD.  Well, I think the developers want to encourage more users to use BSD/Unix type of operating systems; by not making users to go through the long process of installing a BSD/Unix type of operating systems, instead users can just add VirtualBSD virtual hard disk onto a new virtual machine, launch it, and have a BSD/Unix type of operating systems to play, learn, and experiment with.  Nonetheless, adding VirtualBSD 9, the latest VirtualBSD version at we speak, onto VirtualBox would not be totally hassle free, but it’s still a lot faster than having to install an operating system.

I’ve created a video on VirtualBSD 9 which you can watch right after the break.  The video will guide you through the process of adding VirtualBSD 9 onto VirtualBox virtual machine.  For the bonus, the video will show you how to use portsnap to fetch and update ports tree collection so you can install Linux applications/software onto VirtualBSD (a Unix type), and how to add and remove users on VirtualBSD 9.  So, if you really want to learn how to use BSD but do not really want to go through the trouble of installing it, then I suggest you check out my video right after the break so you know how to get VirtualBSD 9 up and running quickly.  Enjoy!

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How To Install PC BSD 9 Onto VirtualBox Virtual Machine

Jan 16, 12 11:53 PM
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People who have never used Unix type of operating system before and wanted to try out PC BSD distribution might not know where to start.  I had created a video to show these folks how to install PC BSD 9 (Unix type of operating system) onto VirtualBox virtual machine.  Once people know how to play with PC BSD 9 on a virtual machine, it’s pretty much set that these folks will know how to install and play with PC BSD 9 and future versions of PC BSD on a real machine.  PC BSD 9 is the latest version of PC BSD as we speak.  Nonetheless, if someone watches this video much later, PC BSD 9 might not be the latest version of PC BSD anymore.

Anyhow, for bonuses, this video also shows Unix beginners to how to use Portsnap to fetch, extract, and update Ports Collection (i.e., installing Linux software onto Unix type of operating system), to use AppCafe to install PC BSD 9 software/packages, to install ClamAV (i.e., antivirus), to install Rkhunter (i.e., rootkit detector), and to configure firewall.  I hope whoever has the urge to learn how to use PC BSD might find this video of mine somewhat helpful.  Please enjoy if you care! (Don’t forget to watch the video in 1080p/HD, because it’s better that way!)

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How To Enable Guest Additions For PC BSD 9 Guest Virtual Machine Under VirtualBox

Jan 16, 12 1:24 AM

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PC BSD 9 just came out.  Users who want to install PC BSD 9 as a VirtualBox guest virtual machine might not know how to install VirtualBox guest additions.  Well, this post is going to show you how to do just that!  Before we get going, you must know that you have to obtain Ports Collection.  Usually, you can obtain Ports Collection by allowing the installation of PC BSD 9 to automatically do that for you.  If you haven’t done so, then you must look up through Google for how to manually obtain Ports Collection for PC BSD 9.

You should open up a terminal and become root.

  1. Type the command [cd /usr/ports/emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions && make install clean]
  2. Type the command [nano /etc/rc.conf]
  3. Add the two lines below into /etc/rc.conf file
    1. vboxguest_enable=”YES”
    2. vboxservice_enable=”YES”
  4. Use Ctrl+X  to save the file and exit nano editor
  5. Open up PCBSD Control Panel
  6. Open up Display
  7. Choose General tab.  Make sure you choose the new video driver as vboxvideo.  Pick the right screen resolution.  Choose Advanced tab and check the box that says Monitor Settings.  Click Apply to save everything.

When your machine is done with its rebooting, you should now be able to see PC BSD 9 enters the correct screen resolution by using VirtualBox guest additions.  Also, if you still see a problem, I think you should use right Ctrl + F to enter fullscreen mode, and if fullscreen mode is at the right screen resolution, then you know VirtualBox guest additions is working for PC BSD 9.

Lastly, you should learn how to use Ports Collection to install additional software that PC BSD 9′s AppCafe might not carry.  Of course, you can always use AppCafe to install whatever is available inside AppCafe.

PC BSD 9 enables firewall by default.  Nonetheless, you should go into PCBSD Control Panel > Firewall Manager and configure it to your own liking.  Make sure you do not allow any incoming connection even though some incoming connections might be enabled by default under the Exceptions tab.  Well, that was how it was done by me.  You might do it differently with your firewall!

I can go on forever, but this post is specifically addressing the installation of VirtualBox guest additions for PC BSD 9 VirtualBox guest virtual machine.  So, let me end this here, and good luck to you in installing guest additions for PC BSD 9 under VirtualBox.

Source:  http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/virtualization-guest.html

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