On 07/30/2010 10:25 AM, Doug wrote:
On 7/30/2010 1:56 AM, Lew Wolfgang wrote:
On 07/29/2010 10:32 PM, John E. Perry wrote:>> /snip/
Hi John,
I've never had to worry about which kernel was installed. Why don't you just try VirtualBox first?
Try downloading the "All distributions" link for your architecture here:
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
As root, change the downloaded file's permission bits:
"chmod 775 VirtualBox-3.2.6-63112-Linux_amd64.run" for example.
Make sure you have the kernel sources install from yast2, then just run the executable run file. The kernel modules will be compiled and installed for you. Then run VirtualBox. The VirtualBox hypervisor should appear and you can then get started installing Win-XP.
I've never had this fail, and I've installed many versions of VirtualBox on all the openSuSE 11.x versions. VirtualBox is an excellent package!
Regards, Lew
I haven't tried Virtual Box, but I make the following observation, and welcome anyone's comment on it:
Windows 7 has a virtualizer which allows XP to be run "in a window" as it were. However, when starting this, it's just like booting XP from scratch on a machine where it's the only OS in use. In other words, you don't save any time this way. And it's not really straightforward to share files or data between W7 and the virtual XP, altho it is possible.
If this is representative of the performance of Virtual Box, also, then is it worth the trouble to use it?
Hi Doug, Yes, it's worth the trouble. The Windows window appears as just another window on your desktop that you can minimize, drag around, and cut-n-paste to. Windows has access to your CD/DVD drive and your USB devices. Since the Windows disk drive is really nothing but a Linux file in your home directory, it can be easily backed up and restored when your Windows break (virus?) Windows has access to your Linux home directory, it appears as a networked disk. I use it to run IE to double-check web sites that I develop (web sites look different to Windows). You could even have multiple versions of Windows running at the same time. I also use it to run income tax software at tax time. Really, it's liberating to realize that your whole Windows World is nothing more than another process on Linux. As for performance, I really don't notice any difference for my usage. A friend of mine installed VirtualBox on his Apple Macbook Pro and then installed Ubunto in the VM. In the full-screen mode you can't see any Apple-isms at all, completely Linux. He's a scientist and ran a benchmark that he wrote (very large DFT transforms) on both the Apple and Ubunto environments. Virtualized Ubunto was actually a bit faster than compiling/running in OS-X! Granted, there are probably many reasons for this, but it does prove a point. Another thing to consider is that VirtualBox and Vmware present a completely standard environment to the Windows OS. Some folks absolutely need to use Win-XP because they need to run software that hasn't been (and won't be) ported to Vista/Win-7. But if they need to purchase new hardware, it will come with Win-7. Further, drivers won't be available to down-grade to XP on this new hardware. So just install Linux, which accommodates just about any new hardware environment, then install a VM and XP and you're cooking. BTW, I prefer the "all distributions" way to install VirtualBox. I had a problem once when upgrading one of the RPM versions. YMMV. Regards, Lew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org