[App_rpt-users] DIAL install on Virtual Box

[Jason Kendall]

Hey all,

Long time user, short time list subscriber.

We over at VE3LSR has had a visualized DIAL for a while now. We've spent
a fair amount of time getting as many things virtualized and/or inside
docker containers where ever possible (You can find our published things
on github and docker hub under the call sign).

It started as a Debian install on ESXi with compiling dial on the box.
We found that ESXi had some issues with the USB passthru required. It
also didn't support some of the addon cards we were trying to use.

We since moved it to a base Debian install, then adding the pre-built
package repositories on top of Proxmox VM system. This left a bug we
were chasing since we started down this rabbit hole. Turns out, the
system is CPU sensitive. Meaning even though you don't have a lot of CPU
usage, it's possible to have massive jitter if more then one process is
trying to use a core at the same time. It's best to either limit the
number of VMs on the box, or set some kind of CPU affinity to ensure the
Debian Box always has access to a core. We've had no evidence of jitter
since moving most of our other virtual machines onto a second box. Work
investigation and tweaking is being done.

Regards,
Jason
VE3YCA



On 3/22/18 1:17 PM, Andy Madsen wrote:
> Some time ago I thought I remember seeing a link for an ASL install on
> top of an existing Debian installation. Might that two step process
> (if it exists) work any better?
>
>
> -Andy
> PB7B/B7B
> 42432
>
>> On Mar 22, 2018, at 2:15 PM, Steve Zingman <szingman at msgstor.com
>> <mailto:szingman at msgstor.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Stacey,
>> I used the "firmware-9.3.0-amd64-i386-netinst" as the base for the
>> AllStarLink Install ISO.
>>
>> On 3/22/2018 2:35 AM, KB7YS-Stacey wrote:
>>> Still learning, but getting there...
>>>
>>> After no luck with getting a previous version of DIAL that was
>>> available on the ASL site to work with my fob interface, a
>>> suggestion led me to find there was a new version available.  After
>>> installing and working though the asl-menu setup I finally had a
>>> working node with my old Acer Aspire One.  However there were still
>>> some tasks to complete.
>>>
>>> While working through the Allmon2 install process I thought why not
>>> use Oracle Virtual Box to test on instead of the actual system. It
>>> was a good thought however the currently available image will not
>>> install on Virtual Box 5.2.8. Just for kicks I grabbed the current
>>> 32bit Debian iso - this installed on the virtual system with no
>>> issues. Anyone have any thoughts or ideas on why the DIAL image
>>> would not work. Error is 'no kernal' during the install... and it
>>> stops. I can continue, but then grub has nothing to load when the
>>> virtual reboots. Thank for any assistance.
>>>
>>> (PS - I did finally get Allmon2 installed and working, that was a
>>> bit of a bumpy ride, a good learning experience)
>>>
>>> Stacey - KB7YS
>>>
>>>
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