[ale] VM ?

[Ken Alexander]

From: "Jeremy T. Bouse" <Jeremy.Bouse at UnderGrid.net> Subject: Re: [ale] 
To: ale at ale.org
VM ? To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org> Message-ID: 
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charset=ISO-8859-1 Jim Popovitch wrote:
 > > On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 08:00 -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote:
 >> >> I am not at all familiar with VMware or virtualization, or 
whatever you call
 >> >> running Windows under linux. My wife wants to be able to run 
windows under
 >> >> SUSE without rebooting. Basically to run Quicken & Quickbooks.
 >> >> What are a few GOOD options? Is it VMware, or Zen, or.. a good 
doc tutorial,
 >> >> or installation guide would be handy:)
 > >
 > > Question:  Does she need the ability to cut+copy+paste between the host
 > > and the vm?
 > >
 > > If the answer is no, then VirtualBox (http://virtualbox.org)  should
 > > work fine.  I've been using it for a while now and have been quite 
happy
 > > with it.  It replaced VMware, due to VMWare not working well between
 > > suspends and resumes, as well as interface switching (wifi to wired and
 > > back).
 > >
 > > -Jim P.  
 > >
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    Has anyone gotten VirtualBox to run? I tried it on my system at home
and it was a complete bust and wouldn't even boot up the guest OS.


I'm running Knoppix on XP right now using VirtualBox. It was quite easy 
for me. Basically I installed Virtualbox, downloaded a knoppix iso 
image, and configured my virtual machine to use the iso. I've only been 
using it for a few weeks, but I may be able to help if you have specific 
questions.