Virtualbox/Calibre

country0129 · 10-20-2012, 07:20 PM

I'm considering a Calibre task.

I have run Calibre for Windoze for a long time. Trying now to run it on Mint 10, 64-bit, under guest session of Virtual Box. However, after installing Calibre in the VM, I cannot point my books' directory of the Wizard to my resident Calibre directory: it's greyed out and won't allow anything but a directory change from a file manager. Also, I am having difficulty finding the drive in the file manager of Mint. (feel silly!)

I hesitate to create a second library, for there's 12.74 G in my present library. It'd take some effort to sync two libraries. Now I see that some say there are problems accessing a single directory from both OS's......and that there should not be two instances of Calibre using the same library. Maybe I should forgo the attempt? I was just wanting to try to take advantage of additional RAM (if possible) through Linux, for Windoze only uses about 3.4-5 G with X86 architecture. Does it take advantage of additional RAM under Linux with 64-bit OS? I have 16 G RAM onboard.

kovidgoyal · 10-20-2012, 10:06 PM

64bit calibre can use all the RAM on your machine.

fratermus · 10-21-2012, 12:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by country0129

I'm considering a Calibre task.
I have run Calibre for Windoze for a long time. Trying now to run it on Mint 10, 64-bit, under guest session of Virtual Box.

I think you're doing:
windows --> virtualbox --> linux --> calibre
right?

Rambling follows (mint filesystem issues) --

You might have to set up "shared directories" (something like that) to be able to interact with the windows FS outside VBs virtual filesystem. If doing it that way it might also have to be a FS that linux can write to; I don't recall NTFS being writable by linux. Maybe VB xlates that on the fly. Maybe set up a windows share (SMB/CIFS, whatever it is) for that dir and then mount that share in the VB instance?

mrmikel · 10-21-2012, 06:22 AM

If you are trying to do what fratermus suggests, I recall reports of an issue in trying to share the database between Linux and Windows. It centers around the fact that Linux treats a file name in upper case as a different one from the identical file name in lower case and Windows does not.

Be sure you back up your database before you continue your explorations.

10-20-2012, 07:20 PM	#1
country0129 Country0129 Posts: 55 Karma: 506306 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Louisiana Device: Kindle, Kindle Fire, PC	Virtualbox/Calibre I'm considering a Calibre task. I have run Calibre for Windoze for a long time. Trying now to run it on Mint 10, 64-bit, under guest session of Virtual Box. However, after installing Calibre in the VM, I cannot point my books' directory of the Wizard to my resident Calibre directory: it's greyed out and won't allow anything but a directory change from a file manager. Also, I am having difficulty finding the drive in the file manager of Mint. (feel silly!) I hesitate to create a second library, for there's 12.74 G in my present library. It'd take some effort to sync two libraries. Now I see that some say there are problems accessing a single directory from both OS's......and that there should not be two instances of Calibre using the same library. Maybe I should forgo the attempt? I was just wanting to try to take advantage of additional RAM (if possible) through Linux, for Windoze only uses about 3.4-5 G with X86 architecture. Does it take advantage of additional RAM under Linux with 64-bit OS? I have 16 G RAM onboard.

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10-20-2012, 10:06 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,307 Karma: 27111242 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	64bit calibre can use all the RAM on your machine.

10-21-2012, 06:22 AM	#4
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	If you are trying to do what fratermus suggests, I recall reports of an issue in trying to share the database between Linux and Windows. It centers around the fact that Linux treats a file name in upper case as a different one from the identical file name in lower case and Windows does not. Be sure you back up your database before you continue your explorations.

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