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
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