Virtualized Linux Host

System Requirements

Sun¡¦s VirtualBox is a great, free and open-source software which enables you to run guest operating systems in your host operating systems. To simplify linux host installation, a pre-installed ubuntu linux is provided under the VirtualBox environment.

Host Operating Systems

Windows XP, 2003, Vista

Linux (ubuntu, fedora, centos, openSUSE ¡K.)

Solaris

OS X (X86 MAC)

Hardware

1+ GHz CPU

1+ GB RAM

5+ GB HDD

Installation

Only 2 files are required. These files can also be downloaded from here. (1150 MB)

VirtualBox-x.x.x-Win_x86.msi

VirtualBox program. The latest version can be downloaded from http://www.virtualbox.org

linux Demo.rar

Compressed archive of the ubuntu linux hard disk image

First, expand the file ¡§linux Demo.rar¡¨ into ¡§linux Demo.vdi¡¨, and save it to your hard disk.

Then, run the installer ¡§VirtualBox-x.x.x-Win_x86.msi¡¨. Follow the instructions to install the software and required drivers.

Start VirtualBox, press the ¡§New¡¨ button.

Create a new machine ¡§linux Demo¡¨.

Allocate at least 300 MB (500 MB recommended) RAM to the new machine.

Select ¡§linux Demo.vdi¡¨ as the primary hard disk by pressing ¡§Existing¡¨ button.

And add ¡§linux Demo.vdi¡¨ to the virtual media manager.

Press ¡§Settings¡¨ button to make additional configurations.

Enable audio device.

Set network adapter to ¡§Host Interface¡¨ mode.

Set the shared folder with the name ¡§Windows¡¨ which can be accessed from the linux directory /home/demo/Windows.

Optionally, if you need serial port access in linux, enable the COM port support.

Now, all settings have been done. Press ¡§Start¡¨ button to power on the virtual machine.

Shortly, the login screen of ubuntu can be seen.

And the desktop of ubuntu linux

You may switch to full-screen mode by using the menu ¡§Machine¡¨ or pressing Ctrl-F key.

The Desktop

Read Me

Display additional information in ReadMe.htm.

Home Directory

Contents of user home directory

Network Operation

ETM Java ¡V Device finder

FTP Dev ¡V FTP interface to device using FileZilla

HTTP Dev ¡V HTTP interface to device using Firefox

Telnet Dev ¡V Telnet command line interface to device

SNMPB ¡V SNMPB client

Network Configuration ¡V System network configuration

Programming

Eclipse IDE for C language

NetBeans IDE for C language

Htm Editor ¡V SeaMonkey HTML editor

Network Shares

The files in the virtual linux host can be accessed from host operating systems through network sharing.

In Windows file explorer, type \\vm-linux-demo to access the shared files. You can use your favorite Windows tools for editing C sources and authoring html pages.

Alternatively, you can use the linux host¡¦s IP address directly. To get the virtual host¡¦s IP, the ¡¥ifconfig¡¦ command can be used.

Type the IP address in the URL of Windows file explorer.