= Linux Virtual Machines for use with BOINC =

These files are big (1 GB or so). Please download them as seldom as possible.

On all these systems, the root (or sudo) password is 'boincadm'. There is a user account 'boincadm' with password 'boincadm'; build software under this account. Change these passwords if you're concerned about security.

== Virtual server ==

[http://boinc.berkeley.edu/vms/debian-40r0-i386-boinc.zip BOINC Virtual Server].
Use this to create BOINC projects.
It's a VMWare virtual machine;
you'll need the [http://www.vmware.com/download/player/ VMWare player].
It's a Debian 4.0 32-bit system with all the BOINC prerequisites installed,
the BOINC software (not the latest version) installed and compiled.
It's ready to run [MakeProject make_project] and go.

If you want the latest BOINC software, run update_latest.sh and then configure/make.
Instructions and more information is in the readme.html file on boincadm's desktop.

The passwords can be found in the file 'README-vmware-image' that is part of the zip file.[[BR]]

On Windows, you may need to do the following to get network access in the VM:
{{{
Start | Programs | VMware | VMware Server | Manage Virtual Networks
(Virtual Network Editor):
Host Virtual Network Mapping:
VMnet0: Bridged to an automatically chosen adapter.
VMnet8: VMware Network Adapter VMnet8
In the NAT tab: VMnet host: VMnet8
}}}

== Virtual machines for building and testing apps ==

== NOTE: THE FOLLOWING VIRTUAL MACHINES ARE TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE ==

These are based on [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/ Microsoft Virtual PC]. (VMWare can reportedly also run these files, though we haven't tried it).


 * [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/vms/BOINC-Build-Compat.zip Compatibility] system. This is an old Debian system with old gcc, and recent versions of various libraries and GNU tools. Use it for [CompileApp compiling BOINC applications].
 * [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/vms/BOINC-Test-Fedora.zip Recent Fedora] distribution. Use it for testing BOINC and applications.
 * [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/vms/BOINC-Test-SUSE.zip Recent SUSE] distribution. Use it for testing BOINC and applications.
 * [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/vms/BOINC-Test-Ubuntu.zip Recent Ubuntu] distribution. Use it for testing BOINC and applications.