On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 03:07 -0600, David C. Rankin wrote:
Listmates,
Just had my first experience with XP running in VirtualBox and ...wow... this is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Most all of the following information was taken from the VirtualBox help file provided in /usr/share/doc/packages/VirtualBox. Here is a quick howto I put together while installing and configuring virtualbox. I hope you find it useful:
Pre-Install:
(1) If you would like to take a look at the user manual before taking the plunge, grab it here:
wget http://www.virtualbox.org/download/UserManual.pdf
Install:
<snip>
Thank you for this post. My previous experience with virtualization
software has been frustrating, to say the list. Following your
instructions, the software installed without any problemd.
As a new user, I tired to configure too many options at once. The only
initial configuration required was mounting the dvd drive and selecting
ALSA as the sound device.
To access my home directory and the printer, I had to do a network
setup. Is this the the best way or are there better alternatives?
As regards the network cards, sound cards and other such equipment, is
it possible to have direct access in vbox or does this cause problems
with the host system?
--
Sudhir