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Date:      Sun, 29 May 2016 19:16:14 +0000
From:      Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: contributing to open source
Message-ID:  <20160529191614.GC80759@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <53164a51-5389-7ca5-b40f-d58902fffe87@freebsd.org>
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On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 11:37:01PM -0400, Allan Jude wrote:
> On 2016-05-27 23:30, Kefeh Collins wrote:
> > hello
> >     please i need help installing freebsd using the virtual box
> >     actually am at my concluding phase but the problem is i downloaded =
a VM
> > image with the .vhd.xz as well as the .raw.xz extensions
> >     but i cant unzip it and i cant locate it when choosing a virtual
> > optical disk file
> > any help is very much appreciated
> >=20
> > On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 1:40 PM, Kefeh Collins <kefehcollins@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >=20
> >> hello
> >>  i am a second year computer science student, program in c and c++ and=
 am
> >> interested in contributing in operating system (kernel) directed proje=
cts
> >> please i need guidance
> >>
> >> thanks in advance
> >>
>=20
> To unzip it, type:
> unxz imagename.vhd.xz
>=20
> Then you will have a .vhd file and be able to use it normally.
>=20
> .vhd files are for Microsoft HyperV, so it is likely not the image you
> want. VirtualBox and VMware uses the .vmdk file
>=20

VirtualBox should recognize the VHD format just fine.

The only formats I am aware do not work with VirtualBox are the '.raw'
and '.qcow2' (and I think the '.qcow2' do work somewhat recently).  Just
a "FWIW" statement.

I actually haven't checked if the raw format works in a while, so it is
possible it may work now.

Glen


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