>> What I am doing is: installing an os (first fedora but gave up because >> of bugs then cent) in Virtualbox tweeking cpu settings. Getting it >> configured to run headless + amd geode processor + other things. then >> once it is ready I run >> VBoxManage internalcommands converttoraw >> .VirtualBox/HardDisks/cent.vdi cent.raw >> which converts the Vbox image to a raw image readable by dd. Then w/ >> dd i write it to the cf card. put the cf card in my embedded appliance >> and see if it works. I have been tweaking and reinstalling for the >> last day or two. I got cent working today on this board. >> http://www.pcengines.ch/alix2d2.htm > > I'm slightly surprised you can get the VM to match your hardware closely > enough, but interesting nonetheless. > >> With a 4G image it took about 45 min to convert to raw then write to >> cf card. Because I kept redoing it I was looking to shorten that >> conversion time. >> >> on current ubuntu if I just type VBoxManager i am given a list of >> option one of which is converttoraw. > > % VBoxManage |grep convert > VBoxManage convertfromraw <filename> <outputfile> > VBoxManage convertfromraw stdin <outputfile> <bytes> > % > > So no "converttoraw" here, using > VirtualBox-3.0.2_49928_fedora11-1.x86_64 > sry wrong instructions /# VBoxManage internalcommands | grep convert converttoraw [-format <fileformat>] <filename> <outputfile> converthd [-srcformat VDI|VMDK|VHD|RAW] converts hard disk images between formats In vbox i ended up turning off all modern features in the cpu. Then anaconda would install the appropriate kernel. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
