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#11619: [Ubuntu testing] Please provide Virutalbox images for alpha versions of ubuntu
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Written by mangar the 29 Jul 08 at 12:23.
Category: Others.
Related to:
ubuntu.com.
Status: New
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Description
Some of us would like to try out Ubuntu without breaking our main boxes, or dedicating a partition for it.
Providing a Virtualbox virtual machine image will enable us to test ubuntu without breaking existing configuration.
Please officially provide Virtualbox images of ubuntu alpha releases.
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Ssdg wrote on the 29 Jul 08 at 12:51
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So you won't validate the installation process? (on a virtual machine, but installation anyway) I'm not fond of this idea.
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gmatht wrote on the 29 Jul 08 at 17:31
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I find it easier just to install a regular ISO into a VirtualBox. (Plus I did a lot of testing of the actual installation)
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gsiliceo wrote on the 30 Jul 08 at 05:50
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Bad idea, you can't provide quality feedback, the bugs you report aren't very useful.
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nealmcb wrote on the 26 Sep 08 at 07:56
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Doing this via kvm and the vm-builder (aka ubuntu-vm-builder in Hardy) can be much faster than doing an iso install - less than 90 seconds to a ready-to-run vm image.
As others have noted, this is not good for all kinds of testing, e.g. hardware testing. But it can be great for testing server packages and many networked configurations.
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