CentOS 5

CentOS 5
Originally uploaded by Alastair Montgomery

CentOS 5

Setting up a CentOS5 VM to attempt to install Oracle 11g and Weblogic
test environment.

Linux Mint 10

Installing Linux Mint 10 (Julia) on a VirtualBox VM with BTRFS filesystem.
Using the release candidate 1 CD

Initial install disk


Hard disk configuration
You have choose the advanced disk setup to create a small boot partition of either ext3 or 4 and a larger BTRFS partition.


Post Install
Post install after enabling the VirtualBox tools as detailed here.


Installing Websphere 7

Installing WebSphere 7 on Linux Mint 10, make sure the /bin/sh is
linked to bash not dash before you start.


Doodle's Geek Monkey by Alastair Montgomery

Ubuntu 10.10 RC

Ubuntu 10.10 RC
Originally uploaded by Alastair Montgomery

The Ubuntu 10.10 release candidate running on VirtualBox.

Need to work out how to install the guest additions so I can get a proper screen resolution.

Found a solution,

Solution to VirtualBox guest problem
1. Open terminal and enter the following command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-x11
2. Once installation is finished, restart your virtualBox machine.
3. Go to System -->Preferences -->Monitors and change the resolution of your screen.