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 = Running under VirtualBox =
+* Download the machine image as usual, and decompress it to $img
+* Import the $img/CentOS-5.0-ref-tools-vm.vmdk (hereafter "hda") and $img/CentOS-5.0-ref-tools-vm_1.vmdk (hereafter "hdb") disk images into your VirtualBox media manager
+* Create a new VirtualBox machine that has the disks "hda" and "hdb", in that order (IDE0 master and slave, respectively)
+* Edit the VirtualBox machine config to taste: recommendations include adding more RAM and VRAM.  Be sure to restart the VirtualBox master process if you edit a machine config.
+* Here we de-VMWare the image.  The "big difference" is that VMWare uses virtual SCSI devices while VirtualBox uses virtual IDE devices.
+*# su root [ see password below ]
+*# cd /etc
+*# mv vmware-tools bak.vmware-tools
+*# mv fstab bak.fstab
+*# cp fstab.BeforeVMWareToolsInstall fstab
+*# Append the line
+ /dev/hdb1  /builds/  ext3  defaults  1 2
+to /etc/fstab, using your favorite text editor.  Format to taste.
+*# Reboot (it's normal to see errors from VMWare during init, since it was mostly disabled)
+*# Your image works ...?
+These steps can trigger an fsck of /dev/hdb1.  This is useful and fast, let it happen.
 = Troubleshooting =