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<li value="8">Change your kernel boot options.<br/>
<li value="8">Change your kernel boot options.<br/>
Optionally, for best results with SME 8.x and earlier versions, modify /etc/grub.conf, adding divider=10 to the kernel boot options in order
Optionally, for best results with SME 8.x and earlier versions, modify /etc/grub.conf, adding divider=10 to the kernel boot options in order
to reduce the idle CPU load with VirtualBox. For example, if your kernel boot line is
to reduce the idle CPU load with VirtualBox. For example, if your kernel boot line is:
<pre>kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-238.19.1.el5 ro root=/dev/main/root </pre>
<pre>kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-238.19.1.el5 ro root=/dev/main/root </pre>
<p>change it to</p>
<p>change it to:</p>
<pre>kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-238.19.1.el5 ro root=/dev/main/root divider=10</pre>
<pre>kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-238.19.1.el5 ro root=/dev/main/root divider=10</pre>
<b>Reminder:</b> if you subsequently update SME Server to use a newer kernel, you may need to change
<p><b>Reminder:</b> if you subsequently update SME Server to use a newer kernel, you may need to change
your kernel boot line to reflect the update.
your kernel boot line to reflect the update.</p>
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<li value="9">Create a symbolic link.<br/>
<li value="9">Create a symbolic link.<br/>
<b>NOTE:</b> Be careful if you cut-and-paste the command below. In some terminal windows, from some browsers, the parts of the command in
<p><b>NOTE:</b> Be careful if you cut-and-paste the command below. <!--In some terminal windows, from some browsers, the parts of the command in
bold font do not paste correctly. Pay particular attention to the dashes (-) and the backticks (`). There aren't any single quote marks in
bold font do not paste correctly.-->Pay particular attention to the dashes (-) and the backticks (`). There aren't any single quote marks in
the command below - they are all supposed to be backticks.
the command below - they are all supposed to be backticks.</p>
<pre>ln '''-s''' /usr/src/kernels/'''`uname -r`'''-'''`uname -m`''' /lib/modules/'''`uname -r`'''/build</pre>
<pre>ln -s /usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`-`uname -m` /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build</pre>
<b>Reminder:</b> if you subsequently update SME Server to use a newer kernel, you may need to recreate the symbolic link.
<p><b>Reminder:</b> if you subsequently update SME Server to use a newer kernel, you may need to recreate the symbolic link.</p>
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<li value="10">Check that the symbolic link was properly created by doing a directory listing.<br/>
<li value="10">Check that the symbolic link was properly created by doing a directory listing.<br/>
<b>NOTE:</b> Be careful if you cut-and-paste the command below. In some terminal windows, from some browsers, the parts of the command in
<p><b>NOTE:</b> Be careful if you cut-and-paste the command below. In some terminal windows, from some browsers, the parts of the command in
bold font do not paste correctly. Pay particular attention to the dashes (-) and the backticks (`). There aren't any single quote marks in
bold font do not paste correctly. Pay particular attention to the dashes (-) and the backticks (`). There aren't any single quote marks in
the command below - they are all supposed to be backticks.
the command below - they are all supposed to be backticks.</p>
<pre>ls /lib/modules/'''`uname -r`'''/build</pre>
<pre>ls /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build</pre>
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<li value="11">Install the Fedora Epel repository using the instructions [http://wiki.contribs.org/Epel here].</li>
<li value="11">Install the Fedora Epel repository using the instructions [http://wiki.contribs.org/Epel here].</li>
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.2/VBoxGuestAdditions_4.1.2.iso</pre>
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.2/VBoxGuestAdditions_4.1.2.iso</pre>
<li value="32">Using a web browser, Go to http://yourdomain.com/phpvbox and connect to the phpVirtualBox web application.</li>
<li value="32">Using a web browser, Go to http://yourdomain.com/phpvbox and connect to the phpVirtualBox web application.
<ul>
Select the "General" tab.
<li>From the menu provided, go to select File->Preferences.</li>
Change the Default Machine Folder: to /var/lib/VirtualBox/VMs</pre>
<li>Select the "General" tab.</li>
<li>Change the Default Machine Folder to:
<pre>/var/lib/VirtualBox/VMs</pre>
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===Creating a Virtual Machine===
===Creating a Virtual Machine===
