VirtualBox

VirtualBox is Sun's open source virtualization tool. More information on the tool itself can be found on the VirtualBox home page, http://www.virtualbox.org/. This twiki page describes the PPE group specific uses for VirtualBox, in particular how to install the prepackaged Scientific Linux virtual hosts.

Installing VirtualBox

VirtualBox is installed by default on the newer E5400 laptops, otherwise download the installation binary from http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads, run it and click through the setup dialog boxes keeping the default options.

Installing A Prepackaged Scientific Linux Virtual Machine

-- AndrewPickford - 12 Aug 2009