The LCOM-VM is available on every PC of the B building block in Linux, more specifically in a zip archive named MINIX-LCOM.zip in the /opt/ucso/ folder.

This year, we provide you an already created and fully configured VM with Minix 3.4.0rc6 installed, the LCOM-VM. You can still use Windows as host OS on your own laptop, if you wish, but you'll be mostly on your own. Thus, all handouts in LCOM, assume that the host OS is Linux. On the PCs of the B building, VBox is installed on Linux, more specifically Ubuntu. In this course, we will use as guest OS only Minix 3.4.0rc6, or better a hacked version of Minix 3.4.0rc6 It is also able to create and run VM with different guest OSs. VBox is available for different host OSs, including Linux, MacOS and Windows. Note that, when running, VBox is like other programs, or better user processes, running on the host OS.

The second is the OS that runs on the VM: this is usually known as the guest OS. The first one is the OS that runs on the physical machine: this is usually known as the host OS. Thus, when we use a VM like VBox (or VMware Player), we need to consider two operating systems (OS's). (In addition to run VMs, VBox can also create and configure VMs.) VBox is a 'virtualization application' that emulates the HW of a PC, allowing you to run one operating system, and their processes, inside another operating system. We expect that in LCOM you'll develop most of your code for Minix using a Minix image on a virtual machine (VM), more precisely VirtualBox, VBox for short. Setting Up VirtualBox with Minix 3.4.0rc6 LCOM: Lab0 - Setting Up VirtualBox Prev Top NextĤ.

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