X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=sphinx%2Fvm.rst;h=cc202c4b25b6f8f8bfccc46094e176ebad6b4cec;hb=5d822a56748c76136f003b9b5b32c7720c01a999;hp=b3178b9823be0d164af3ac8f9743b050fa39ee4b;hpb=58942ca7854d3a5340738cf833f9c74b1595f83a;p=neurodebian.git diff --git a/sphinx/vm.rst b/sphinx/vm.rst index b3178b9..cc202c4 100644 --- a/sphinx/vm.rst +++ b/sphinx/vm.rst @@ -15,29 +15,55 @@ once installed, be equipped with a large variety of neuroscience software with just a few mouse clicks (e.g. AFNI_, Caret_, FSL_, PyMVPA_). .. _virtual machine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine -.. _AFNI: http://afni.nimh.nih.gov/afni/ -.. _Caret: http://brainvis.wustl.edu/wiki/index.php/Caret:About -.. _FSL: http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsl/ -.. _PyMVPA: http://www.pymvpa.org Downloads --------- -* `NeuroDebian 6.0.4 image (32bit) - `_ [~558MB] +Stable (6.x series) +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Based on current stable `Debian 6.0 (squeeze)`_ release. This VM +provides a stable, well tested environment with the most of the recent +releases available from NeuroDebian. + +* `NeuroDebian 6.0.6 image (32bit) + `_ [~559MB] *This image should work on virtually all systems that are supported by* VirtualBox_ *and can be used whenever the, otherwise preferable, 64bit image is not compatible with a host machine.* -* `NeuroDebian 6.0.4 image (64bit) - `_ [~573MB] +* `NeuroDebian 6.0.6 image (64bit) + `_ [~576MB] *This image only works on 64bit host machines with active hardware virtualization support. The should include all recent Apple hardware and most 64bit Windows systems.* +Development (to be 7.x series) +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Based on upcoming `Debian 7.0 (wheezy)`_ release. Although already +quite stable, there might be outstanding issues. This VM also +switches from GNOME_ (v.2) desktop environment to XFCE4_. We +recommend this VM over a stable one for anyone needing recent releases +of tools not available for the stable VM (e.g. recent pandas) -- +**getting a complete "Scientific Python" stack with 100s of other +Python modules was never easier**. Moreover your feedback might also +be valuable to polish upcoming Debian wheezy release and NeuroDebian +VM 7.0. + +* `NeuroDebian 6.999.b4.20121231 image (32bit) + `_ [~656MB] + +* `NeuroDebian 6.999.b4.20121231 image (64bit) + `_ [~660MB] + + +Historical +~~~~~~~~~~ + Virtual appliances above carry guest additions for 4.x series of the VirtualBox. If you still have VirtualBox 3.x, use previous 6.0.2 virtual appliances: @@ -74,13 +100,36 @@ virtual appliances: Changes ------- +6.999.b4.20121231 -- 31 Dec 2012 + + * Based on beta 4 release of debian-installer_ for wheezy + * Comes with XFCE4_ instead of GNOME_ + +6.0.6 -- 01 Oct 2012 + + * Updated core system to Debian squeeze 6.0.6 + +6.0.5 -- 10 Nov 2011 + + * Updated core system to Debian squeeze 6.0.3 + * Updated shipped virtualbox-ose guest-utils and guest-x11 to 4.0.10 + + - ``~/host`` is now symlinked to correct path ``/media/sf_host`` + - ``brain`` user is added to ``vboxsf`` group so mounted host + directories should become readily available + + * Root partition size and swap space got doubled in size (40GB + and 2GB correspondingly). Space is allocated dynamically so + the actual size of the virtual drive should not grow unless + you use it + 6.0.4 -- 13 Jun 2011 * Updated shipped virtualbox-ose guest-utils and guest-x11 to 4.0.4 6.0.3 -- 12 Jun 2011 [Superseded in the archive by 6.0.4] - * Updated to Squeeze 6.0.1 + * Updated to Debian squeeze 6.0.1 * Updated VirtualBox guest additions to 4.0.4 from backports.debian.org * Appliance is available as a single file (.ova) ready for the import @@ -103,8 +152,6 @@ will benefit from security bug fixes provided by the Debian project for the whole operating system, as well as from software updates for neuroscience-related packages. -.. _Debian 6.0 (squeeze): http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze -.. _GNOME: http://www.gnome.org/ Installation @@ -142,7 +189,7 @@ The next dialog will ask you to choose a virtual machine. Please navigate to the extracted NeuroDebian download and select the `.ova` (or extracted `.ovf` for older appliances shipped as `.zip`) file. -.. image:: pics/vm_import_wizard.png +.. image:: pics/vm_import_wizard.jpg You can finish importing of NeuroDebian by clicking on *next* a couple of times. There is no need to change anything, as we will get through the @@ -167,13 +214,13 @@ shall be accessible by the machine (e.g. your home directory) and put "host" as the folder name and mark it to be auto-mounted. Note, the folder name is simply a label. Your directory will not be renamed. -.. image:: pics/vm_host_folder.png +.. image:: pics/vm_host_folder.jpg If you have a large screen you should increase the display memory to 32 MB in the *Display* settings. Also you might like to enable the support for 3D Acceleration -.. image:: pics/vm_settings_display.png +.. image:: pics/vm_settings_display.jpg Finally, close the settings dialog. You have now completed the setup, and you can start the virtual machine by hitting the *Start* button. A new window will @@ -183,7 +230,7 @@ configuration. You can now explore the system. The virtual machine is connected with your host computer, and shares its Internet connection. Via this connection you can update the contained software packages at any time. -.. image:: pics/vm_settings.png +.. image:: pics/vm_settings.jpg The virtual machine logs yourself in automatically. The name of the virtual machine user is `brain` and the password is `neurodebian`. The *root* password @@ -263,7 +310,9 @@ mounted host directories. backports:: sudo apt-get install -y linux-headers-2.6-amd64 # or -686 for 32bit - sudo apt-get install -y -t squeeze-backports virtualbox-ose-guest-kdms \ + sudo apt-get install -y -t squeeze-backports virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms \ virtualbox-ose-guest-utils virtualbox-ose-guest-x11 and reboot VM. + +.. include:: link_names.txt