Changes between Version 90 and Version 91 of VboxApps


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Nov 7, 2014, 2:13:23 PM (10 years ago)
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davea
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  • VboxApps

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    77BOINC supports applications that run in !VirtualBox virtual machines.
    88This provides two benefits:
    9  * You don't need to build app versions for different architectures.
    10    Develop your app in your environment of choice (say, Debian Linux),
     9 * You don't need to build app versions for different platforms.
     10   You can develop your app in your environment of choice (say, Debian Linux),
    1111   and then bundle the resulting executable together with
    1212   a virtual machine image containing an appropriate runtime environment.
    … …  
    202202
    203203 --trickle X :: Send a trickle message reporting elapsed time every X seconds.
    204   Use this for creating granting if needed.
     204  Use might this for incremental credit granting,
     205  or as a "heartbeat" mechanism.
    205206 -- nthreads N :: Create a virtual machine that will use N cores.
    206207 --vmimage N:: Use '''vm_image_N.vdi''' as the VM image, rather than '''vm_image.vdi'''.
    … …  
    558559==== Compact the VDI container ====
    559560
    560 To get a better compression ratio you may install and run the '''zerofree''' tool to overwrite all empty space on the VDI with zeros.
     561To get a better compression ratio you may install and run the '''zerofree''' tool
     562to overwrite all empty space on the VDI with zeros.
    561563{{{
    562564apt-get install zerofree
    … …  
    572574vboxmanage modifyhd FILENAME.vdi --compact
    573575}}}
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