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VirtualBox Image for TU Dortmund WS20 21

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Kuan-Hsun Chen edited this page Oct 23, 2020 · 3 revisions

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Image available only to students who enroll in Moodle. Please find the link on Lab01.pdf

Prerequisites

Importing

  • Please extract the archive which is about 3 GB big.
  • Double click the file with the extension .vbox. VirtualBox should load up automatically.
    • If for some reason VirtualBox does not automatically open you will have to import it manually.
    • Do NOT use File->Import Appliance as the VM was not exported to OVF format as this does not compress as well
    • To "import" the VM go to the Machine menu and select Machine->Add, navigate to the extracted archive contents and select the .vbox file. Done.
    • You might get a "Failed to do..." error on the first boot. This is usually the result of a metadata missmatch and should be automatically resolved after the first boot.
    • Further questions should be solvable if you google them :)

Suggestion

  • Customize Number of CPUs/Amount of RAM (4+ GB) according to your hardware. FreeRTOS is for uniprocessor still. However you might experience lags when running the VM on a very low spec device...
  • In the case of such a terrible performance, please install a naive Linux distribution and develop your FreeRTOS on top of it. Don't forget to backup before you really go to this option. You might experience some long days to fix some unknown problem.
  • Enabling 3D Acceleration in the display tab of the VirtualBox properties may/may not improve the frame rate. Try out both options if you are experiencing heavy lags or similar problems.

Disclaimer:

The idea of this wiki is inspired by Alex Hoffman, who is the author of the FreeRTOS-Emulator. Many thanks!

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