How to boot a Linux image using virtual box?
Posted: 10. Feb 2009, 15:42
I am new to Linux. I have downloaded Linux kernel source, compiled and prepared an image. Can i use this image and boot using virtual box? If so, how to do it?
VirtualBox is used to Virtualize an entire computer system, and is not really useful when it comes to kernel development.
Here are your solutions:
1. Create a VM in VirtualBox, and install a Linux distro onto it. Replace the stock kernel in this distro with the one you compiled.
2. Use QEMU to boot the Linux kernel image and a ramdisk directly with no need for a virtual hard disk.