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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:53:27
Message-Id: 200909071002.21160.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization by walt
1 On Saturday 05 September 2009 23:06:37 walt wrote:
2
3 > I don't use vmware but I do use virtualbox every day and I love it.
4 > It's extremely fast even compared to kvm, which I also use on my newest
5 > machine with hardware virtualization support.
6 >
7 > I suggest you fetch the latest stable binary package from:
8 > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
9 > (choose the "All distributions" package) and run it, which will also
10 > build and install the vbox kernel modules automatically.
11 >
12 > It's very easy, quick, and simple. It even comes with an uninstall
13 > script if you don't like it.
14
15 I tried it, but on my box it can't detect either of the DVD drives, so I
16 can't install a client.
17
18 I may try installing it on my local server and see if that's any better.
19
20 --
21 Rgds
22 Peter

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