VMware Image – Ubuntu JeOS 8.04 (Hardy Heron)

About:

This is a standard install of Ubuntu 8.04 JeOS (Just Enough Os), in a 46MB package!

This VM can be usefull for quickly deploying a base operating system from a small package, and with a minimal configuration time (less than 2 minutes).
Some steps were taken to reduce the archive size down to a minimum:

* Some temporary data has been removed from /var (namely apt cache, installer logs, etc).
* The partition uses the ext2 filesystem and was cloned to a new .vmdk as a part of the shrink process.
* The archive is in 7-Zip format (GPL – search you package manager or grab it from http://www.7-zip.org).

Login details:

username: toor
password: password

you can run commands as root using ‘sudo ‘ or enable the root user issuing the command ‘sudo passwd root’.

VM Configuration:

After login, you can first issue a few commands to configure:

* Keyboard: ‘sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-data’
* Timezone: ‘sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata’
* Password: ‘passwd’
* enable root login: ‘sudo passwd root’

Download:

Grab it here: VMware-UbuntuJeOS-8.04.7z (md5 checksum).

If you share this appliance or find it useful in any way, please link to this site.

Contact:

* Joao Inacio or at http://www.jcinacio.com

Changelog:

* 05 May 2008
– Initial release