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+
+#Enviroment setup
+
+Note: These steps will be automated in the future:
+- create a ~/.jclouds-vbox/ directory
+- create a ~/.jclouds-vbox/isos directory
+- download an ubuntu 11.04 server i386 ISO into "~/.jclouds-vbox/isos" from http://releases.ubuntu.com/11.04/ubuntu-11.04-server-i386.iso
+- download VirtualBox Guest Additions ISO into "~/.jclouds-vbox/isos" from http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.8/VBoxGuestAdditions_4.1.8.iso
+- copy the following into an images.yaml file to place in"~/.jclouds-vbox/" :
+"images:
+    - id: myTestId
+      name: ubuntu-11.04-server-i386
+      description: ubuntu 11.04 server (i386)
+      os_arch: x86
+      os_family: ubuntu
+      os_description: ubuntu
+      os_version: 11.04
+      iso: http://releases.ubuntu.com/11.04/ubuntu-11.04-server-i386.iso
+      keystroke_sequence: |
+                <Esc><Esc><Enter> 
+                /install/vmlinuz noapic preseed/url=http://10.0.2.2:8080/src/test/resources/preseed.cfg 
+                debian-installer=en_US auto locale=en_US kbd-chooser/method=us 
+                hostname=vmName 
+                fb=false debconf/frontend=noninteractive 
+                keyboard-configuration/layout=USA keyboard-configuration/variant=USA console-setup/ask_detect=false 
+                initrd=/install/initrd.gz -- <Enter>
+      preseed_cfg: |                
+                      ## Options to set on the command line
+                      d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US.utf8
+                      d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false
+                      d-i console-setup/layout string USA
+                      d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname
+                      d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain
+                      # Continue without a default route
+                      # Not working , specify a dummy in the DHCP
+                      d-i time/zone string UTC
+                      d-i clock-setup/utc-auto boolean true
+                      d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
+                      d-i kbd-chooser/method	select	American English
+                      d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string
+                      d-i base-installer/kernel/override-image string linux-server
+                      # Choices: Dialog, Readline, Gnome, Kde, Editor, Noninteractive
+                      d-i debconf debconf/frontend select Noninteractive
+                      d-i pkgsel/install-language-support boolean false
+                      tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, ubuntu-server
+                      d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
+                      d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
+                      d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
+                      d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
+                      d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
+                      d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
+                      d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
+                      d-i partman/confirm boolean true
+                      # Write the changes to disks and configure LVM?
+                      d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
+                      d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
+                      d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max
+                      ## Default user, we can get away with a recipe to change this
+                      d-i passwd/user-fullname string toor
+                      d-i passwd/username string toor
+                      d-i passwd/user-password password password
+                      d-i passwd/user-password-again password password
+                      d-i user-setup/encrypt-home boolean false
+                      d-i user-setup/allow-password-weak boolean true
+                      # Individual additional packages to install
+                      d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server ntp
+                      # Whether to upgrade packages after debootstrap.
+                      # Allowed values: none, safe-upgrade, full-upgrade
+                      d-i pkgsel/upgrade select full-upgrade
+                      d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
+                      d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true
+                      d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
+                      #For the update
+                      d-i pkgsel/update-policy select none
+                      # debconf-get-selections --install
+                      #Use mirror
+                      choose-mirror-bin mirror/http/proxy string"
+
+** NOTE! **
+Make sure you change your VirtualBox preferences to not auto-capture keyboard, and also set host key to none.  Otherwise you may accidentally screw-up automated installs.
+
+- Old Notes - 
+
 # Administation viewpoint
 
 These steps are usually in charge of cloud provider, in this case it's up to you
@@ -37,7 +120,3 @@ and choose the numberOfVirtualMachine you need using -Dtest.virtualbox.numberOfV
 These VMs will be cloned starting from the golden template VM created before
 
 It will create a "numberOfVirtualMachine" in a vbox default machine folder with 'VMName_i' name, by cloning the golden template in linked mode with a bridged NIC.
-
-
-** NOTE! **
-Make sure you change your VirtualBox preferences to not auto-capture keyboard, and also set host key to none.  Otherwise you may accidentally screw-up automated installs.