Howto: running Ubuntu Snappy in VirtualBox

[sanderj]

FYI: a how-to run Ubuntu Snappy in Virtualbox:

wget http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/preview/ubuntu-core-alpha-01.img
qemu-img convert -O vdi ubuntu-core-alpha-01.img ubuntu-core-alpha-01.vdi

You should now have two files:

-rw-rw-r--   1 sander sander 1618149376 jan  2 20:17 ubuntu-core-alpha-01.img
-rw-r--r--   1 sander sander 1592869376 jan 10 00:47 ubuntu-core-alpha-01.vdi

Now start Virtualbox, create a new virtual machine, follow the usual steps, BUT in the step "Create Virtual Machine - Hard Drive" (where you normally create a new virtual hard disk), choose "Choose an Existing Virtual Hard Drive File" and pick the file ubuntu-core-alpha-01.vdi you just created.
Proceed in create steps. Then start your new virtual machine running Ubuntu Snappy. Login is ubuntu/ubuntu.


Easy, isn't it?

[rafaellcustodio]

Hi, I made this with alpha-02 and........it works

Are there a way to set the resolution to 1024x768??

[john360]

Hi there, tried this with latest ubuntu qemu. When I try to use the vdi I get invalid format message from vbox. Any ideas?

Can you show the commands you used. TIA
John

[john360]

Thanks, this works but is very slow so can't do update.

Any ideas [lease?

Would alpha-02 be faster? How can I get it and use in vb?

TIA John