Difference between revisions of "VirtualBox"

From Eugene Eric Kim
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The second is an installation of [[Microsoft Vista]].
The second is an installation of [[Microsoft Vista]].


* [http://wiki.flexion.org/VirtualBox.html Auto Start VirtualBox Guests]
I created and installed an init.d script using [http://www.glump.net/howto/virtualbox_as_a_service this script] as a starting point.
* [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=701735 Start a VirtualBox VM as a service]
* [http://www.glump.net/howto/virtualbox_as_a_service How to setup VirtualBox as a service]
* [http://farfewertoes.com/stories/2008-03-09-start-virtualbox-virtual-machines-on-boot/ Start VirtualBox virtual machines on boot]


== Installation ==
== Installation ==

Revision as of 04:08, 7 July 2009

Configuration

I have two virtual machines:

  1. NAS
  2. Vista

The first is my home NAS running Ubuntu server (see Home Network for details). I want to run this headless:

VBoxHeadless -startvm NAS &

The second is an installation of Microsoft Vista.

I created and installed an init.d script using this script as a starting point.

Installation

I'm using the non-free version, which has some additional support.

When I've played with VirtualBox in the past, in order to install my copy of Windows Vista, which is tied to the BIOS on my Dell Inspiron 531, I've had to configure the BIOS DMI, which I never bothered doing. No need with VirtualBox 3.0! Installation works out of the box. Yeah!