mangos in a box

[doresain]

i've installed mangos 3.3.5 in a virtualbox system to do tests
i'll share with modcraft (virtual disk image is 4GB, >1GB compressed) i need to add only phpmyadmin

system is debian squeeze x86 (command line) + mysql + apache2 + mangos 3.3.5 + SD2 + UDB full configured
works in Virtrualbox OSE with bridge connection (need external dhcp server, like a router) on every hosts (win *nix macos solaris x86 & x64 etc.) on my pc is very slow (my cpu hasn't vt so it should work better on cpu with vt tecnology)
it will be useful for someone? it's a good test platform

[schlumpf]

I don't see reason to fire up a complete virtual os for running a server. Also, I dislike repacks.
For others, they most likely would have problems with the unix then, when using that thing.

[doresain]

it isn't a repack, i use it for testing, you can compile/upgrade every emulator (mangos trinity skyfire etc) and set a complete server with few clicks without other application (needs only vbox) or a dedicated pc/partition

[Laniax]

it isn't a repack, i use it for testing, you can compile/upgrade every emulator (mangos trinity skyfire etc) and set a complete server with few clicks without other application (needs only vbox) or a dedicated pc/partition

Virtualbox takes unnecessary resources, which could be used to run the server. running a server on your localhost is fine for testing, no need to have a dedicated pc/partition for it.

Running it publicly is however a different story, but even then you shouldn't use virtualbox. Linux is a favored OS above windows due to it having no GUI (so the resources that would otherwise run the GUI can now be used for the server).