On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 03:02 PM Robert Benjamin wrote: [snip]
Installed from the link above and have an icon on the desktop. Clicking it open vbox with the left side blank, and "New" is active (color) and the other icons like settings, start etc are grayed out .I guess this is where I should start. I assume I click new and things will be OK. LOL Will try tomorrow. Thanks for your help and patience with a newbie. Bob
What you're seeing is the vbox manager. The "New" is for creating a new virtual machine, i.e., installing an operating system. You will need to create a virtual disk, which is simply a file which has either a fixed size or is dynamically enlarged as needed up to the specified limit. Go through the screens to create your virtual hardware configuration. Be sure to include access to whatever device you'll be using for installing the OS (e.g., the optical drive). Then install the OS as you would normally. Afterward install the "Guest Additions" which are needed for some key features (IIRC this is available from the vm's menu). The package installation should have already set up all the kernel modules for your openSUSE host OS, so nothing more needed there, other than adding your user to the vboxusers group if that's not already done. Finally, I strongly recommend browsing thru the manual. While lengthy, it is very comprehensive and you'll most likely learn about capabilities that you will like and would not have known about otherwise. Good luck. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org