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* To get a resolution of 1280*1024, be sure to install the VirtualBox additions (emerge this, then install them inside the virtual machine, which means inside Windows via the ISO image). | * To get a resolution of 1280*1024, be sure to install the VirtualBox additions (emerge this, then install them inside the virtual machine, which means inside Windows via the ISO image). | ||
== Network == | |||
* Inside a VBox host, there is another internal NAT. You can give the guest an IP of 10.0.2.x; the gateway should be 10.0.2.2 (this is actually the address of your host). Note that you should *not* give an IP of 192.168.0.x to a VM guest! | |||
== Managing Media (Hard Drives) == | == Managing Media (Hard Drives) == | ||
Revision as of 16:15, 5 August 2009
Virtualization is the ability to run several different OS on one host.
VirtualBox
- VirtualBox is an excellent free virtualization program. Very nice and polished GUI, it can run Windows without any problems and is really impressive.
- To get a resolution of 1280*1024, be sure to install the VirtualBox additions (emerge this, then install them inside the virtual machine, which means inside Windows via the ISO image).
Network
- Inside a VBox host, there is another internal NAT. You can give the guest an IP of 10.0.2.x; the gateway should be 10.0.2.2 (this is actually the address of your host). Note that you should *not* give an IP of 192.168.0.x to a VM guest!
Managing Media (Hard Drives)
- To duplicate a HD, you must use the VBoxManage program with the clonehd argument (and give the absolute path to the disk to be cloned). This allows the new disk to have a different uuid and thus be used without problems.
DirectX
- DirectX does not work on VirtualBox, which means that the DX PNG transparency fix does not work on IE 6 on a VirtualBox VM.