[NFBCS] deploying a virtual machine

Fri Feb 5 17:55:50 UTC 2021

Once I configured the initial settings for the virtual environment,
such as disk size and ram usage, I launched it and lost the ability to
type with my keyboard or revert back to the host, but that could
intirely be just because I don't know what I am doing. Also, during
setup I could guess what field I am in by context, and because of a
help video from our professor, but quite a number of the eddit fields,
list boxes, and other buttons with virtual box on windows are
unlabeled. Additionally, I found a help article regarding how to set
up the vm for virtualbox using cmd, but I do not believe I can
interact with the guest OS from the host command line? Is this true?

On 2/5/21, Amelia Pellicciotti <ameliapelli95 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all, I was not clear, but I have a windows 10 professional host.
> Additionally, the instructor for this course would like us to use Kali
> Linux because it includes lots of penetration testing tools built in?
> Do you know if orca is included in this specific distro. I see
> available for download a package manager for orca available created by
> the debien accessibility team which is compatible with Kali. I am
> unsure if Orca is already built in? Or if I need to run separately the
> package manager. Also, which provides a more user friendly experience?
> Vm ware, or oracle virtual box with a windows host?
> Regards, Amelia
>
> On 2/5/21, Chris Nestrud via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> I've done this to be able to use Linux guest VMs. As far as I could
>> tell, hyperV doesn't pass audio from the VM, so I needed some way of
>> setting them up that didn't require a screen reader on the Linux side. I
>> ended up using Vagrant to initially set up the VM, then I could control
>> it from within the hyperV manager. A friend who did not rely on Linux
>> audio mentioned that he did not
>> have a good experience trying to use Linux GUI from within hyperV. CLI
>> worked well enough.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 07:42:34AM -0800, Jim Barbour via NFBCS wrote:
>>> Has anyone used the windows hyperV to deploy VMs in wondows?
>>>
>>> I know that you need to search for "turn features on and off" and then
>>> find the hyper V feature and turn it on. I'm not sure how you then
>>> control
>>> the hyper V or point it at a linux installation ISO.
>>>
>>> I'd love to hear from folks who have done this.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 07:18:34AM -0600, Amelia Pellicciotti via NFBCS
>>> wrote:
>>> > Thank you Tod, I did not clarify. I am presently running a windows 10
>>> > professional host. However, I believe that it would also be useful for
>>> > me too learn how to use virtual box from a command line on Linux.
>>> >
>>> > Sent from my iPhone
>>> >
>>> > > On Feb 4, 2021, at 7:40 PM, Tod Fassl <fassl.tod at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > ???About the Linux distrobution to use. I believe the most easily
>>> > > accessible disto is Ubuntu. Once you boot the installation image ISO
>>> > > file, press Alt+Super+s to start the screen reader. The super key is
>>> > > often called the Windows key in non-linux environments.
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > Another accessible Linux distro is Debian. To get speech, boot the
>>> > > installation imageand press the s key. Just keep pressing the s key
>>> > > until it starts talking. This is going to give you a character user
>>> > > interface during the installation. But you can install a graphical
>>> > > user interface to use when the installation is done.
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >> On 2/4/21 7:01 PM, Amelia Pellicciotti via NFBCS wrote:
>>> > >> Good evening everyone,
>>> > >> I am a cyber security student pursuing the 501 cert, and I am a
>>> > >> full-time screen reader user, no magnification. For a lab in my
>>> > >> course, I need to mount a virtual machine from a linux
>>> > >> distribution,
>>> > >> and take a screenshot of its desktop once it is loaded to confirm
>>> > >> completion of the assignment. We were encouraged to do this using
>>> > >> oracle virtual box, but it has several issues with jaws and NVDA. I
>>> > >> have heard that VM ware is accessible. Then there is the matter of
>>> > >> selecting a variant  with speech capability once the drive is
>>> > >> mounted.
>>> > >> Is that correct? Which versions have orca already included? the
>>> > >> instructor gave us a link to the Kali Linux distribution.
>>> > >> Thank you very much for your feedback, I hope all of you have a
>>> > >> nice
>>> > >> safe, healthy and enjoyable weekend.
>>> > >>
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