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Re: [Health] GNU Health on Mac Mini?


From: Martin Sauter
Subject: Re: [Health] GNU Health on Mac Mini?
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 10:32:30 +0100
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Hi Axel

I think we are talking about different things: It's not about your Live-CD beeing 32 or 64 bit, it's about the choice you get in VirtualBox when setting up a new virtual machine. If the 64 bit option is missing, then this is an indicator that you might have a conflict with your virus protection.

Best regards,
Martin

Am 29.12.2014 um 07:07 schrieb Axel Braun:
Hi Martin,
Good to read that you got it up and running.
The choice for the 32bit environment was made because it gives you more flexibility, esp. On older computers.
Happy exploring!
Schöne Grüße
Axel
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Written from cell phone. Excuses for typos.

Am 28. Dezember 2014 06:04:52 GMT+13:00, schrieb Martin Sauter <address@hidden>:
Hi Axel

Thanks for your feedback. I did check the VirtualBox forum, and although I didn't know exactly what I was doing I made a lucky punch.

To make a long story short: If you are running a 64 bit machine but only get 32 bit operating systems as a choice when setting up the virtual machine, then you should read this: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=62339#p291404

In my case there was a conflict between VirtualBox and my anti-virus software (Avast, but other manufacturers may have the same issue). I had to turn off the anti-virus software once during the setup of the virtual machine to be able to choose "openSuse (64 bit)", and then everything went fine. (I don't have to disable the anti-virus software anymore when booting or running the virtual machine.)

I hope this helps others with similar problems as well.

Happy holidays!
Martin

Am 27.12.2014 um 00:41 schrieb Axel Braun:
Hi Martin,
I'm travelling as well, w/o access to my laptop.
That sounds like a general problem with Virtualbox. Did you check the VBox Forum for this error?
Schöne Grüße
Axel
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Written from cell phone. Excuses for typos.

Am 27. Dezember 2014 10:29:26 GMT+13:00, schrieb Martin Sauter <address@hidden>:
I made some progress, and maybe this helps to find a solution:

The fatal error I encountered was a result of not having activated the PAE mode in the virtual machine's settings. But doing so resulted in a Kernel panic when booting again, so that didn't take me much further.

I then tried to run the virual machine on my old notebook (32bit Windows 7 SP1) - which worked! The problem is that I can't take that old notebook with me, I need GNU Health on my 64 bit Windows 8.1 machine.

Any ideas?

- Martin
 

Am 26.12.2014 um 20:41 schrieb Martin Sauter:
Dear Armand

A virtual machine sounds very promising. I've installed VirtualBox, downloaded the VMDK file and tried to run the virtual machine as described here: https://susestudio.com/help/use/virtualbox.html

Unfortunately I get a fatal error shortly after booting the virtual machine, and I know too little about all this to interpret the log file created by VirtualBox. I'm running Windows 8.1 Pro 64 Bit.

Has anyone encountered the same problem before?

Best regards,
Martin

Am 26.12.2014 um 12:48 schrieb Armand MPASSY-NZOUMBA:
Dear Martin,

 A cost effective solution would be to download Oracle VirtualBox from https://www.virtualbox.org/   and install  (it is an open source software) on your PC. You will then create an OpenSuse Virtual machine and install GNU Health using the Live CD. OpenSuse and GNU Health will be installed automatically. It works very well. 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,

Armand


On Friday, December 26, 2014 10:32 AM, Martin Sauter <address@hidden> wrote:


I experimented with the GNU Health Live CD, but I did not manage to boot
my Samsung Notebook from it (I tried both USB stick and CD).

So I'm thinking about buying a small computer like a Mac Mini or similar
as a GNU Health server. Does anyone have experiences to share?

I'm familiar with Windows and Mac OS, but not with Linux. I'm looking
for a solution that is simple, small and reliable, since I'll be
travelling to Laos and need something for demonstration purposes.

- Martin









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