Hello.

 

First of all apologies for posting this here but for some reason I cannot post anything in the VM Template Forum? If a mod would like to move this to the VM Template area that would be great.

I can reply to posts already started in the VM Template forum but I cannot create a new topic there.

 

Anyway, Quick question, can somebody please give me some guidance on installing Linux Mint Cinnamon as a virtual machine. To start, which template should i use, Linux or Ubuntu?

I have already copied the latest install ISO to my images folder, and have setup the location and size of the Vdisk. I've set memory allocation and CPU Pinning. However, there are two settings on the Linux templates regarding the "unRAID Share" and unRAID Mount Tag. Could someone please advise on these two settings and which template I should actually be using.

 

Many thanks.

you don't need to use unraid share and mount tag unless you want to mount a share  on your unRaid server directly into the vm. some operating systems allow that, others do not.

 

in other words, don't worry about it for now. just leave them blank.

 

For your mint install, Try using the linux template and see what happens. worst case scenario is you delete the bad disk image and try something else. it's not like creating a bad vm will destroy your unRaid install, overload local power plants, and cause a world ending black hole to appear.

Edited February 26, 20179 yr by 1812

Sorry, in English please?

 

Im a Linux newbie. Mounting Shares and mount tag in VM?

edited for you.

Oooooh!

 

No, I meant the first part in English. The bit about share and Mount Tag. I don't mind ignoring it but I'd like to know what it means.

 

Thanks.

54 minutes ago, Jetjockey said:

Oooooh!

 

No, I meant the first part in English. The bit about share and Mount Tag. I don't mind ignoring it but I'd like to know what it means.

 

Thanks.

Linux guests have the ability to use an alternative to SMB or NFS to access files on the host. It's called 9p virtio, and has the possibility to work better and smoother since it's handled directly by the KVM system instead of the normal network access. Problem is, it doesn't seem to work out that way in real life yet. I suppose it works great for some people, but I haven't seen anybody singing its praises here on the forums, and it didn't work any better than plain smb-cifs when I tried it on my VM's. The virtual network switch is plenty fast, and it's easier just to use the same share access method that every other client on your network uses, vm or physical machine.

Thanks Jonathanm.

 

I see where your coming from. What sort of settings would go in the boxes? For example, assume I'm using a Linux guest to download files from the net, but then want to copy and paste or just move them to different shares on my unRaid disks, what would I add to those settings boxes. I might want to send files from my VM Linux Guest on an unassigned disk to any one of my unRaid shares on the array.

 

Thanks

If it helps any, I was able to install Mint using seabios and 750TI rom file. Mint didnt like my 1080ti