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On 09/07/2009 02:02 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> On Saturday 05 September 2009 23:06:37 walt wrote: |
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>> I don't use vmware but I do use virtualbox every day and I love it. |
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>> It's extremely fast even compared to kvm, which I also use on my newest |
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>> machine with hardware virtualization support. |
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>> I suggest you fetch the latest stable binary package from: |
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>> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads |
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>> (choose the "All distributions" package) and run it, which will also |
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>> build and install the vbox kernel modules automatically. |
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>> It's very easy, quick, and simple. It even comes with an uninstall |
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>> script if you don't like it. |
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> I tried it, but on my box it can't detect either of the DVD drives, so I |
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> can't install a client. |
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Hm, never tried that. The reason is that I've always just used an iso file |
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'mounted' on the virtual machine's CD/DVD player to install a guest. Most |
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open-source OS's supply the install disk in the form of an iso file, and |
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to install Windows I create an iso file from the original CD/DVD first. |
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