VirtualBox and the Ubuntu Virtual Machine on Mac OSX (11/06/09)
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This virtual machine is intended to allow students to use a full Linux 
installation on almost any personal computer or workstation without the 
necessity of setting up the system as dual boot.  It should run on any 
operating system that Virtualbox supports as long as the system
has 1 GB of RAM or greater (2 GB or greater is preferred, full use of 
NetBeans may require greater).  Installed is the default Ubuntu Linux 
8.04 distribution, plus the Gnu C++ compiler, the nedit programming 
editor v5.5, the full installation of NetBeans 6.7.1,  JDK v1.6_11, 
Sun Java VM, plus SunStudio 12.1 IDE and its compilers.  The SSH client
(example: for slogin) has been setup so that X software (such as nedit 
on a UCS host) can be run from remote machines.  Adobe Reader and Flash 
are also installed.  

The yellow notepad icon starts the desktop virtual keyboard onBoard.
Other accessibilty options are available through System, Preferences,
Accessibility.


Instructions for Installation of Ubuntu Virtual Machine
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1) as administrator or root, download and install VirtualBox from

      http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads


2) Installing the Ubuntu_904 virtual machine on OSX

    a) copy the file vbubuntu904.tar.bz2 from the CD to your local 
       drive
    
    b) navigate to where you copied the file
    
    c) using the mouse, extract the virtual machine files with the 
       archive manager

    
3) on first run of the VirtualBox

    a) select New and click Next
    
    b) type in a name for your virtual machine (example:  Ubuntu), then
       select an operating system type of Linux and a version of Ubuntu;
       finally, click Next
       
    c) set the memory available to the virtual machine at 512 MB or
       greater, then click Next (Do not set the memory available to 
       the virtual machine to a value greater than half the memory 
       installed on your machine!  Your base operating system needs
       memory, too!)
       
    d) select "Use an Existing Hard Disk" and click on the navigate button;
       in the Virtual Media manager select Add, navigate to the location of
       the file vbUbuntu804.vdi, select it, then click Open;  back in the
       Virtual Media Manager select vbUbuntu804.vdi and click Select; 
       finally, click Next
       
    e) click Finish
    
    f) optional:  select Shared Folders (lower left of VirtualBox window)
       and add a folder to share on your base OS (suggested is the standard
       USB mouting folder so that you will be able to access USB devices
       mounted on your base operating system; on Linux / Unix this is 
       usually either /media or /mnt)        
       
    g) start your new virtual machine
    


4) log in and adjust the resolution of the virtual machine desktop to by 
   selecting "System, Preferences, Display"
 


5) You may ignore updates, download the updates, install more software, not 
   install more software, etc.  The virtual machine will act like an 
   operating system installed on a 20 GB drive.



6) virtual machine main user name and password

       Virtual Machine Login Information (needed if you log out, create other
       users, upgrade the software, run "sudo" commands, etc.)

       User name:   student
       Password:    student



Getting Assistance
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    See http://fidelio.cacs.louisiana.edu/uvm.html



Notes for Java Enterprise and GlassFish package application servers:
    1) root user is: admin
       admin password:  adminadmin
    2) admin port: 4848
       http port:  8080
       https port: 8081
	       

--
Frank Ducrest
Instructor / System Administrator
Computer Science Department
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
fdd@louisiana.edu
fdd5501@gmail.com
337-482-5001
Room 215, ACTR