OS Images

Download an OS image pack tarball to provide VM support on a resource or pick individual images in the sub folders for private use. The data images are used to generate user VMs on MiG servers.

OS Image Packs

• vbox3.1-i386-os-images-2012-1.tar.gz
• vbox3.1-amd64-os-images-2012-1.tar.gz
• vbox3.1-i386-os-images-2010-1.tar.gz
• vbox3.1-amd64-os-images-2010-1.tar.gz

User Data Image Packs

• vbox3.1-data-images-2012-1.tar.gz
• vbox3.1-data-images-2010-1.tar.gz

Individual Images

• vbox3.1-os-images-2012-1
• vbox3.1-os-images-2010-1

Helper Scripts

• vbox31-display.job
• vbox40-display.job

Steps to Run a VM

• Install virtualbox (apt-get install virtualbox-ose virtualbox-ose-dkms)
• Download one or more OS and data images to ~/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/
• Download the vbox helper script
• Launch it with the image details like
  

  bash vbox31-display.job i386 escience-base 12.04
  

  for the ubuntu-12.04-i386-escience-base.vmdk and ubuntu-12.04-i386-data.vmdk images with VirtualBox 3.x or

  bash vbox40-display.job amd64 escience-astro 12.04
  

  for the ubuntu-12.04-amd64-escience-astro.vmdk and ubuntu-12.04-amd64-data.vmdk images with VirtualBox 4.x.

The instructions were tested with VirtualBox 3 on Ubuntu and with VirtualBox 4 on Mint Debian, and may work for other distributions.