[opensuse] Virtualbox - Can it install xp?
Listmates, I am going to attempt to install xp in virtualbox. Has anyone else done this? Is there a good link(s) to pages explaining it? Any gotchas? -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
yes, you can install xp with virtualbox. But you should download virtualbox from website not using the one coming with openSUSE. It will offer you more features. /S On Tuesday 05 February 2008 11:26:42 pm David C. Rankin wrote:
Listmates,
I am going to attempt to install xp in virtualbox. Has anyone else done this? Is there a good link(s) to pages explaining it? Any gotchas?
-- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
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Shuai Yu escribió:
yes, you can install xp with virtualbox. But you should download virtualbox from website not using the one coming with openSUSE. It will offer you more features.
The one shipped with openSUSE works just fine even with Vista. -- “There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.” - Friedrich Nietzsche Cristian Rodríguez R. Platform/OpenSUSE - Core Services SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Research & Development http://www.opensuse.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Shuai Yu wrote:
yes, you can install xp with virtualbox. But you should download virtualbox from website not using the one coming with openSUSE. It will offer you more features.
Is the download and install fairly straight forward? -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
yes, you can install xp with virtualbox. But you should download virtualbox from website not using the one coming with openSUSE. It will offer you more features.
Is the download and install fairly straight forward?
It's an RPM... pretty straight forward :-) C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 21:26 -0600, David C. Rankin wrote:
Listmates,
I am going to attempt to install xp in virtualbox. Has anyone else done this? Is there a good link(s) to pages explaining it? Any gotchas?
David, yes, Sir, I have installed virtualbox (opensource of the 10.3 dvd box) on this main pc, and easily created first a dos6 machine, then an XP-pro machine. It basically "went by the book", the dos machine sux cpu cycles, but the xp is flawless. This was a test case, really, as the actual need was in my Thinkpad R40. In the process, I learned the open release will not support USB, which I need for serial ports on the laptop. Thus, I installed the version from the VB website in the Thinkpad, and the XP VM is quite solid and responsive. Their forum has several informative threads, you might want to read some of them first, as I did. I did choose NOT to include the module vboxdrive in my boot scripts, and if I need the xp (for some radio config applications at work), I simply "modprobe vboxdrv" before launching the "VirtualBox" application, then rm the module when I'm finished with XP... The only stumbling point I encountered, was understanding the method of "filter" selection they use in the VB application to choose which usb device you wish XP to recognize. But once you do get that point, it makes sense, and works fine. Tom in NM
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Tom Patton wrote:
On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 21:26 -0600, David C. Rankin wrote:
Listmates,
I am going to attempt to install xp in virtualbox. Has anyone else done this? Is there a good link(s) to pages explaining it? Any gotchas?
David, yes, Sir, I have installed virtualbox (opensource of the 10.3 dvd box) on this main pc, and easily created first a dos6 machine, then an XP-pro machine. It basically "went by the book", the dos machine sux cpu cycles, but the xp is flawless.
This was a test case, really, as the actual need was in my Thinkpad R40. In the process, I learned the open release will not support USB, which I need for serial ports on the laptop. Thus, I installed the version from the VB website in the Thinkpad, and the XP VM is quite solid and responsive. Their forum has several informative threads, you might want to read some of them first, as I did.
I did choose NOT to include the module vboxdrive in my boot scripts, and if I need the xp (for some radio config applications at work), I simply "modprobe vboxdrv" before launching the "VirtualBox" application, then rm the module when I'm finished with XP...
The only stumbling point I encountered, was understanding the method of "filter" selection they use in the VB application to choose which usb device you wish XP to recognize. But once you do get that point, it makes sense, and works fine.
Tom in NM
Good to be with you Tom. That was exactly the information I needed. I'm off on my next adventure. I'll send a screenshot of xp running on the side of a rotated compiz cube. That will be justice... -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
David C. Rankin wrote:
Tom Patton wrote:
On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 21:26 -0600, David C. Rankin wrote:
Listmates,
I am going to attempt to install xp in virtualbox. Has anyone else done this? Is there a good link(s) to pages explaining it? Any gotchas?
David, yes, Sir, I have installed virtualbox (opensource of the 10.3 dvd box) on this main pc, and easily created first a dos6 machine, then an XP-pro machine. It basically "went by the book", the dos machine sux cpu cycles, but the xp is flawless. This was a test case, really, as the actual need was in my Thinkpad R40. In the process, I learned the open release will not support USB, which I need for serial ports on the laptop. Thus, I installed the version from the VB website in the Thinkpad, and the XP VM is quite solid and responsive. Their forum has several informative threads, you might want to read some of them first, as I did. I did choose NOT to include the module vboxdrive in my boot scripts, and if I need the xp (for some radio config applications at work), I simply "modprobe vboxdrv" before launching the "VirtualBox" application, then rm the module when I'm finished with XP...
The only stumbling point I encountered, was understanding the method of "filter" selection they use in the VB application to choose which usb device you wish XP to recognize. But once you do get that point, it makes sense, and works fine. Tom in NM
Good to be with you Tom. That was exactly the information I needed. I'm off on my next adventure. I'll send a screenshot of xp running on the side of a rotated compiz cube. That will be justice...
Justice! http://www.rbpllc.com/download/screenshots/compiz/dkstop_win-XP1.jpg -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 17:06 -0600, David C. Rankin wrote:
David C. Rankin wrote:
Tom Patton wrote:
Justice!
http://www.rbpllc.com/download/screenshots/compiz/dkstop_win-XP1.jpg
SWEET justice, at that! Glad it worked for you, David. I might try Compiz one of these days... I did notice that yesterday's upgrade of the kernel ruined the vboxdrv module in the Thinkpad...but from what everyone has been saying...I suspect that it needs to be recompiled... Tom in NM -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Tom Patton wrote:
On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 17:06 -0600, David C. Rankin wrote:
David C. Rankin wrote:
Tom Patton wrote:
Justice!
http://www.rbpllc.com/download/screenshots/compiz/dkstop_win-XP1.jpg
SWEET justice, at that! Glad it worked for you, David. I might try Compiz one of these days...
I did notice that yesterday's upgrade of the kernel ruined the vboxdrv module in the Thinkpad...but from what everyone has been saying...I suspect that it needs to be recompiled...
Tom in NM
Thanks for all your help Tom. My turn! To recompile the kernel modules, as root: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 21:14 -0600, David C. Rankin wrote:
Tom Patton wrote:
On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 17:06 -0600, David C. Rankin wrote:
David C. Rankin wrote:
Tom Patton wrote:
Justice!
http://www.rbpllc.com/download/screenshots/compiz/dkstop_win-XP1.jpg
SWEET justice, at that! Glad it worked for you, David. I might try Compiz one of these days...
I did notice that yesterday's upgrade of the kernel ruined the vboxdrv module in the Thinkpad...but from what everyone has been saying...I suspect that it needs to be recompiled...
Tom in NM
Thanks for all your help Tom. My turn!
To recompile the kernel modules, as root:
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Thanks, David...can't get much simpler than that! Well...almost. In my case at least, it changed the ownership of /tmp/.vbox-thpnalb-ipc/ and its two files to root.root. So I had to chmod -R that folder to be able to launch VirtualBox as myself. (This is the vm lock file) Thanks for your help, that sure saved me some time! My vmXP is back to life. Tom in NM -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
David C. Rankin wrote:
David C. Rankin wrote:
Tom Patton wrote:
On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 21:26 -0600, David C. Rankin wrote:
Listmates,
I am going to attempt to install xp in virtualbox. Has anyone else done this? Is there a good link(s) to pages explaining it? Any gotchas?
David, yes, Sir, I have installed virtualbox (opensource of the 10.3 dvd box) on this main pc, and easily created first a dos6 machine, then an XP-pro machine. It basically "went by the book", the dos machine sux cpu cycles, but the xp is flawless. This was a test case, really, as the actual need was in my Thinkpad R40. In the process, I learned the open release will not support USB, which I need for serial ports on the laptop. Thus, I installed the version from the VB website in the Thinkpad, and the XP VM is quite solid and responsive. Their forum has several informative threads, you might want to read some of them first, as I did. I did choose NOT to include the module vboxdrive in my boot scripts, and if I need the xp (for some radio config applications at work), I simply "modprobe vboxdrv" before launching the "VirtualBox" application, then rm the module when I'm finished with XP...
The only stumbling point I encountered, was understanding the method of "filter" selection they use in the VB application to choose which usb device you wish XP to recognize. But once you do get that point, it makes sense, and works fine. Tom in NM
Good to be with you Tom. That was exactly the information I needed. I'm off on my next adventure. I'll send a screenshot of xp running on the side of a rotated compiz cube. That will be justice...
Justice!
http://www.rbpllc.com/download/screenshots/compiz/dkstop_win-XP1.jpg
bravo 8-) -- Hans Krueger hanskrueger007@roadrunner.com registered Linux user 289023 411024 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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