== Notes ==

- to test 64-bit guests, you need a 64-bit host kernel
- for hardware-accelleration (you really want that) you need a modern CPU. check with
grep --color=auto -e vmx -e svm /proc/cpuinfo 
- it is possible to test two isos at the same time by using two different working directories with different env.sh config files. especially the QEMUPORT and VNC values must be unique


== Debian/lenny setup ==

as root:
echo "deb    http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/  squeeze          main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/squeeze.list

cat >>/etc/apt/preferences <<EOF
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=testing
Pin-Priority: 40
EOF

aptitude update

aptitude install git-core kvm/testing ffmpeg2theora/testing gocr/testing multimon sox

echo kvm-intel >> /etc/modules


== openSUSE setup ==
OneClickInstallUI http://multiymp.zq1.de/multimon?base=http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/hamradio/
zypper install git-core kvm gocr ffmpeg2theora
usermod -A kvm geeko
http://software.opensuse.org/search?baseproject=openSUSE:11.2&q=kvm
# kvm-0.12.3 needs older or newer bios.bin to avoid https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=603161 ; kvm-0.12.4 and kvm-0.11 work
http://software.opensuse.org/search?baseproject=openSUSE:11.2&q=gocr #>=0.48 recommended
http://packman.links2linux.de/package/ffmpeg2theora/166877
TODO


== more Linux setup ==
cpan Algorithm::Line::Bresenham
modprobe kvm-intel || modprobe kvm-amd
chgrp kvm /dev/kvm ; chmod g+rw /dev/kvm # maybe redundant
useradd -m USERNAME -G kvm
passwd USERNAME # and/or add ~USERNAME/.ssh/authorized_keys


== user setup ==
git clone http://www3.zq1.de/bernhard/git/autoinst.git/ autoinst
cp -a env.sh.sample env.sh
edit env.sh # see comments there ; adjust or drop HTTPPROXY and SUSEMIRROR lines


==VirtualBox Setup==
Install VirtualBox either from your distribution's DVD or 
From http://software.opensuse.org/package/virtualbox
After installation of VirtualBox do this
insmod vboxdrv
usermod -A vboxusers $USERNAME
Log out and in and you are done

===Setting up OS-autoinst for VirtualBox===
Edit start.pl:
Change the value of init_backend("qemu") to init_backend("vbox")
and create a Virtual Machine named "osautoinst" with at least 8GB of HDD

for usage see README