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correcting typos and formatting on vm_virtualbox page
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Using VirtualBox
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################
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This section explains how to run Clear Linux inside
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VirtualBox_ environment.
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This section explains how to run Clear Linux inside a `VirtualBox`_
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environment.
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Download VirtualBox
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===================
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Virtualbox is a hypervisor supported by *Oracle**, you can
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download it from its official site
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https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
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and select the operating system you are using,
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furthermore you can download its source code. At this point is very
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important to download **version 5.0 or grather**, this is in order to
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get support for :abbr:`AVX (Advanced Vector Extensions)` feature
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that is used in Clear Linux.
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VirtualBox is a hypervisor supported by *Oracle**. You can
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download it from the `official VirtualBox website`_ and select
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the operating system you are using.
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Download **version 5.0 or greater** to ensure support for
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the :abbr:`AVX (Advanced Vector Extensions)` needed to run
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Clear Linux.
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Create a virtual machine in VirtualBox
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======================================
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1. Download the latest_ Clear linux live version (clear-XXXX-live.img.xz)
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#. Download the `latest`_ live version of Clear Linux (clear-XXXX-live.img.xz)
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from https://download.clearlinux.org/image/.
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2. Decompress Clear Linux image. Uncompressed image size is ~ **5GiB**.
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#. Decompress the downloaded image. Uncompressed image size is ~ **5GB**.
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- On Linux ::
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$ xz -d clear-XXXX-live.img.xz
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- On Windows
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- On Windows you can use `7zip`_.
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You can use 7zip_.
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3. To convert Clear Linux raw image to :abbr:`VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image)`
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#. To convert a Clear Linux raw image to :abbr:`VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image)`
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format, you can use one of the following commands::
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$ VBoxManage convertfromraw clear-XXXX-live.img clear-XXXX-live.vdi --format VDI
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@@ -46,34 +43,33 @@ Create a virtual machine in VirtualBox
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Note: Be sure you have Virtual box directory in your PATH (i.e.: on Windows
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:file:`C:\\Program Files\\Oracle\\VirtualBox`)
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:file:`C:\\Program Files\\Oracle\\VirtualBox`).
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4. Create virtual machine using the VirtualBox assistant:
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#. Create a virtual machine using the VirtualBox assistant:
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* Type: **Linux**
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* Version: **Linux 2.6 / 3.x / 4.x (64-bit)**
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* Attach the virtual disk created in the step number 3 as virtual hard disk file
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5. Once it is created, go to settings to enable **EFI support**
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#. After it is created, go to settings to enable **EFI support**
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* System -> Enable EFI (special OSes only)
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Run your new VM
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===============
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Clear Linux comes with VirtualBox kernel modules in a bundle. You can install
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these modules using
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.. code:: bash
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Clear Linux can support kernel modules for VirtualBox. Install the bundle
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that supports these modules with::
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# swupd bundle-add virtualbox-guest
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In order to use the VirtualBox additions it's necessary to load vboxsf module
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.. code:: bash
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And to use the VirtualBox additions, load the ``vboxsf`` module::
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# modprobe vboxsf
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.. _official VirtualBox website: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
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.. _VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/
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.. _latest: https://download.clearlinux.org/latest
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.. _7zip: http://www.7-zip.org/
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