On 08/02/2014 05:45 PM, Dick Steffens wrote: > I've downloaded slackware64-14.1-install-dvd.iso, and the md5sum matches > slackware64-14.1-install-dvd.md5. > > I've created an empty virtual box virtual machine with 1024 MB memory > and 8 GB virtual drive. > > I've pointed the virtual DVD drive to the above mentioned .iso and > started the virtual machine. > > Where can I find instructions on partitioning that virtual 8 GB? The > tutorials that I've found all tell me to partition the space for a > primary partition and a swap partition, and assume that I know how to do > that. Does anyone know where to find something that spells out what to > call that virtual drive for fdisk? Also, since the purpose of the > installation is just to get to know Slackware, what is the recommended > swap partition size? I recall something about making it some multiple of > the memory, but don't recall if that was 1:1 or something else. > > Thanks for the advice. >
You don't need a swap partition for the VirtualBox VM. Virtualbox will take care of running out of "memory." You can get by with just one partition to start and worry about partition schemes later. On mechanical drives, a good partition scheme helps with data backup and hard drive crash recovery. This is pretty much worthless on vm: if the VM gets corrupted, all the partitions are toast anyway - use snapshots or overlays. Just create one partition with cfdisk once you boot the DVD and log in. I would recommend the following: 1. Use 20GB for the VM disk. A full slackware install is ~7GB+ so you'll want some room to play. Virtualbox can be set to grow/shrink the virtual disk as needed. 2. Once you get a base install that works/boots, tell Virtualbox to create a snapshot. Then, if you screw something up, you can revert to the working version of the VM. 3. Virtualbox has a backup function Slackware has an "official" documentation wiki; check it out: http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:install http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:beginners_guide -Ed _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
