Friday Nov 06, 2009

Setting up VirtualBox Guest VM Server Networking via NAT « Breo ...
By eric
The VirtualBox documentation presents a few different ways to resolve this (NAT, Bridged and Host-Only). Once again, I decided to take the path of least resistance…which is to do simple port-forwarding from the host OS to the guest OS. ...
Breo Media Labs - http://labs.breomedia.com/
VirtualBox Update for Windows 7 « Windows 7 Uninstall
By computerhelpandsupport
VirtualBox is designed to be a low-cost option to products such as VMware Workstation, and is used primarily for development and testing. A programmer can create an application on the desktop usingVirtualBox, than deploy it to a ...
Windows 7 Uninstall - http://windows7uninstall.wordpress.com/
mSOA Reference Architecture VirtualBox Image Guide | Top Manual Guide
By wawan
Screen resolution should be automatically set to the window size, but if for some reason this doesn't work for you (e.g. you upgraded the kernel and haven't re-installed the VirtualBox guest addons), it can be changed through System ...
Top Manual Guide - http://topmanualguide.com/
Michael's Blog » Blog Archive » Convert Virtualbox .vdi to raw LVM ...
By Administrator
Being a long-time user of Virtualbox I was faced with the common problem of outgrowing the space in a VDI file. I also understand well that encapsulating one filesystem within another adds a significant amount of overhead to an I/O ...
Michael's Blog - http://www.aggiegeeks.com/wordpress/

Thursday Nov 05, 2009

Mandriva flashes its small aggressive penguin
Register
The package also includes Firefox and Open Office, as well as Xserver,1.6.5 and VirtualBox 3.0.8. The PowerPack Version, which includes additional goodies ...
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Mandriva Linux 2010.0 arrives
The H
Updated components and applications include OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, Firefox 3.5.3, VirtualBox 3.0.8, Wine 1.1.32 and X.Org 7.4 with X Server 1.6.5 instead of ...
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GNU/Linux: Virtualbox for solving a common small business problem ...
By Gene 
However, malware is rife on Microsoft based systems making problematic any accounting data's safety on a single multi-use Microsoft PC. What is the FOSS loving small business owner to do? EnterVirtualbox for GNU/Linux to the rescue. ...
The ERACC Web Log - http://blog.eracc.com/
How To: Fix VirtualBox High CPU Load with Ubuntu 9.10 Host | r3dux.org
By r3dux 
Updated to Karmic the other day, and all is well and good with the world, but VirtualBox is determined to use a heap of CPU time even when the guest OS is.
r3dux.org - http://r3dux.org/
Ubuntu Upgrade Broke My Virtualbox + Solution | Edmonds Commerce Blog
By admin 
If you are using Ubuntu (or probably other versions of linux as well) and the OSE version of Virtualbox, then after upgrading you might find that your virtual.
Edmonds Commerce Blog - http://www.edmondscommerce.co.uk/blog/
Using Zune Within VirtualBox | HTMLCenter Web Development Blog
By Curtiss 
Since the Zune 4 software was released, I have been using it fairly exclusively as my media player when using Windows. I really enjoy using the software, and I.
HTMLCenter Web Development Blog - http://www.htmlcenter.com/

 

Parallels Desktop 5 Adds Aero, Multitouch Gestures to Windows on a Mac
jkOnTheRun
And Parallels isn't the only game in town — be sure to check out VMWare's Fusion or the freeVirtualBox software from Sun. I'm half-tempted to upgrade my ...
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Parallels Desktop 5 ships with a host of new and improved features
tuaw.com (blog)
... more "nerd work" to set it up, you can even set up Windows virtualization for free with Sun'sVirtualBox tool (well, "free" plus the cost of Windows). ...
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First Look at VMware Fusion 3
eWEEK Europe UK
Fusion 3 competes with the likes of Parallels Desktop Switch to Mac Edition and Sun VirtualBox, and is aimed at individual users. ...
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How to: Virtualise Windows XP on a Mac
PC Advisor
Three apps make the latter option possible: vmware Fusion, virtualbox and Parallels Desktop. We'll be demonstrating the process using Parallels Desktop in ...
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Linux ODBC connection to MS SQL on Virtual Box Windows
By Marcin Gil 
To get MS SQL installation file from Linux host to Windows guest I used VirtualBox shared folders functionality. Next install MS SQL the usual way. There are only two things to watch out for: don't forget to install connectivity ...
When grass was greener - http://blog.marcingil.com/
VirtualBox/Ubuntu 9.10: Changing Screen Resolution… | Mike Southby
By Mike 
At this stage I am assuming that you already have Sun VirtualBox installed and that you have gone through the process of installing a new virtual machine and installed the latest Ubuntu release. It's at this stage once you have started ...
Mike Southby - http://www.mikesouthby.co.uk/
How to make VirtualBox VMs backup faster | Clusty's Blog
By clusty 
Inspired by this tutorial, I decided to try a similar thing, to speed up the TimeMachine backups of myVirtualBox virtual machines. The results are quite nice,
Clusty's Blog - http://www.hexorcist.com/wordpress/
KanManDet.Dk » SUN VirtualBox
By Mike 
SUN has a free virtualization platform called SUN VirtualBox, so whats new in that you might wander – many companies offer virtualization these days!? The cool thing here is the word “Free” and lets add “Fast” to make it interesting, ...
KanManDet.Dk - http://www.kanmandet.dk/
Windows 7 Virtualization
By Dave Mallisk 
VirtualBox for Windows Hosts, which you can download from the VirtualBox Downloads website. For example, here is a procedure for using VirualBox to run Ubuntu (a Linux distribution) as a guest OS within a Windows 7 host OS: Windows 7 ...
EduBook - http://www.edubook.com/

 

Tuesday Nov 03, 2009

Boot OS X, XP, and Ubuntu from a Mac
Lifehacker
There are, of course, easier ways to get at multiple operating systems from one system, like using virtualization software such as virtualbox, vmware, ...
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VirtualBox Delivers Windows 7 in Linux
Cheap Laptops (blog)
A virtual environment, created by a piece of software like VirtualBox is an encapsulated environment in which an operating system can be duped into thinking ...
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Oracle details fate of Sun software
ZDNet UK
Oracle will continue Sun's desktop virtualisation software, including VDI, Sun Ray, Secure Global Desktop and VirtualBox, while Sun's identity management ...
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Should ZFS Have a fsck Tool?
OS News
There's an interesting case of ZFS corruption on a virtualized Solaris guest: virtualbox didn't honor the sync cache commands of the virtualized drive. ...
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VirtualBox update fixes Windows 7 bugs
ZDNet
By Matthew Broersma ZDNet UK Sun has updated its VirtualBox virtualization software, fixing bugs related to Windows 7 and Snow Leopard. Virtual Box 3.0.10, ...
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Linux jobs outpacing Windows; virtualization is 'hot'
Search Enterprise Linux
The test will include Xen, KVM, openvz, virtualbox and cluster management. Silver added that experience with security tools such as Nagios, Tripwire and ...
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Unixmen - Convert Vmware to Vbox | Unixmen
By zinovsky@unixmen.com (pirat9) 
Now convert the bin the to Vdi with Virtualbox command: VBoxManage convertdd /home/download/system.bin system.vdi. The GUI way. start the Virtualbox. Go File > Virtual Media manager>. Go to add the new Disk . ...
Unixmen Home - http://www.unixmen.com/component/content/frontpage
Grey-Bearded Geek » Blog Archive » VirtualBox vs. VMware on Ubuntu ...
By richfreedman 
I've been using Sun's VirtualBox at work for some time now, and it's been very stable, though not quite as polished as VMWare. VirtualBox also supports and installs the DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support), which promises to ...
Grey-Bearded Geek - http://greybeardedgeek.net/
Virtualbox Setup to Run Windows XP Inside Ubuntu Jaunty | Duq Amuq
By kevin 
I had no trouble with the initial virtualbox-3.0 install from Sun's repositories. I popped in my old Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 1a CD and installed the software on a virtual disk — all of this was easy to do and required no ...
Duq Amuq - http://duq.ca/duqamuq/

VirtualBox update fixes Windows 7 bugs
ZDNet UK
Sun has updated its VirtualBox virtualisation software, fixing bugs related to Windows 7 and Snow Leopard. Virtual Box 3.0.10, released on Thursday, ...
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Getting your Windows 7 fix in Linux with virtualbox
ZDNet Asia
By Jack Wallen, Special to zdnet Asia virtualbox will allow you to stretch your budget farther, test your software more securely, and train your users more ...
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Iconoclastic Tendencies: Headless Sun xVM VirtualBox via SMF
By Steven Stallion 
I finally had some extra time this weekend to sit down and finish an SMF manifest I started ages ago to support headless VirtualBox guests. Overall, I am pretty pleased with the result: The source for the service manifest and method ...
Iconoclastic Tendencies - http://sstallion.blogspot.com/
DEfusion.org.uk » No IE For You!
By Dave 
I do a few downloads, the conversion stuff and within the hour I have VirtualBox booting the image. It boots quickly and it's nippy, I assume they've stripped Windows down to the bare bones with just enough to run IE properly - which is ...
DEfusion.org.uk - http://www.defusion.org.uk/

 

VirtualBox - A Simple Guide to SnapShots... | V-Pulse
By phil 
You can delete the snapshots in any order you like without effect on the current state. More information including great examples: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=23291. Bookmark/Search this post with: ...

V-Pulse - http://linux.philosweb.com/drupal/

Installing VirtualBox to Run Windows XP Home Edition on Ubuntu ...
By kevin
VirtualBox allows you to run a nested operating system on top of Linux. I want to use it with Windows XP (which I have an old copy of) in order to run the imaging software which came with my new Epson Perfection V500 Photo scanner. ...
Duq Amuq - http://duq.ca/duqamuq/

How to install Virtualbox OSE on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala » Help ...
By Steven Robert
The apt-get utility will download Virtualbox and its dependencies, and then will then automatically execute its rather lengthy installation script. As ease of.
TheUnical Technologies Blog - http://blog.theunical.com/

VirtualBox 3.0.10 Released for MAC OS X | Webs Developer
By web slinger
Sun Microsystems has just released VirtualBox 3.0.10 for MAC OS X operating system. VirtualBox is a robust virtualization platform from Sun, it is an open.
Webs Developer - http://www.websdeveloper.com/
How to install Virtualbox OSE on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala » Help ...
By Jonathan Moeller
The apt-get utility will download Virtualbox and its dependencies, and then will then automatically execute its rather lengthy installation script. As ease of installation goes, you can't beat that. After the installation is finished, ...
Help Desk Screeds - http://www.jonathanmoeller.com/screed/


VirtualBox 3.0.10 released
The H
Sun Microsystems has announced the release of version 3.0.10 of its open source VirtualBox desktop virtualisation application for x86 hardware. ...
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6.0 + 0.1 = 7 According to Microsoft
Watching the Watchers.org (blog)
(Yes, I dual boot into SuSE, and run VirtualBox images of other operating systems). That's because it is the first Microsoft OS with half-way decent ...
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Oracle Sheds New Light on Future of Sun Technologies
PC World
Oracle is also planning to preserve Sun's lineup of desktop virtualization software, which includes VDI, Sun Ray, Secure Global Desktop and VirtualBox, ...
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Oracle's Official NetBeans, Glassfish, VirtualBox Plans : Adam ...
By admin 
Oracle's Official NetBeans, Glassfish, VirtualBox Plans · Two Amazing NetBeans 6.8Beta Features · HA Without Clustering? Is Glassfish v3 Ready For Production? Upcoming (2009-2010) Java EE 5/6 Workshops and Events - Some Free ...
Adam Bien - http://www.adam-bien.com/roller/abien
Greg Sherwood: Running the MySource Mini VM with VirtualBox
By Greg Sherwood 
If you don't have access to VMWare player to give the MySource Mini virtual machine image a try, you can use the free VirtualBox player instead. VirtualBox has the ability to use the HDD image from VMWare without the need to have VMWare ...
Greg Sherwood - http://gregsherwood.blogspot.com/

 

Monday Nov 02, 2009

Download VirtualBox 3.0.10 for Mac OS X
Softpedia
By Filip Truta, Apple News Editor Sun Microsystems has released a new version of VirtualBox, the company's virtualization program that allows users to ...
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Oracle konkretisiert Pläne zu Suns Open-Source-Produkten
Heise Newsticker - Hannover,Niedersachsen,Germany
Hierin finden sich auch neue Aussagen zur Zukunft der von Sun geförderten Produkte GlassFish, NetBeans, OpenOffice und VirtualBox. ...
下载:免费虚拟机VirtualBox 3.0.10
驱动之家 - Shanghai,China
VirtualBox原本是由德国Innotek公司开发,颇受欢迎的一款跨平台虚拟机软件。2008年,Sun收购了Innotek公司,将VirtualBox作为其xVM虚拟化平台的一部分继续研发。 ...
Sun xVM Virtualbox 3.0.10
NDFR.net - Rueil Malmaison,France
Sun vient de publier la 5ème révision de son logiciel de virtualisation de système d'exploitation seulement 3 semaines après la précédente version. ...
REVIEW: VMware Fusion 3 Holds Slight Edge in 'PC Switch to Mac' Space
eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA
Fusion 3 is competitive with Parallels Desktop Switch to Mac Edition and Sun VirtualBox, with a slight lead in terms of day-to-day operations. ...

VirtualBox 3.0.10: Full virtualization software with remote ...
By antoq 
VirtualBox 3.0.10: Full virtualization software with remote possibilities - Free Software Download and Review @Esoft.Web.id, the most comprehensive source for free downloads recommended software on the Web. Includes event log monitoring ...
Free Software Download and Review... - http://www.esoft.web.id/
VirtualBox 3.0.10: Full virtualization software with remote ...
By Articles 
sponsored links VirtualBox 3.0.10 is a program that helps you to use virtualization and other operating systems such as: Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003 Server, Vista, DOS / Windows 3.x, Linux, OpenBSD and Mac OS.
Tech-Talks.com - http://www.tech-talks.com/
Download Live Android 0.3 (liveandroidv0.3.iso)
By Haris 
More net card drivers added. Amd PCNET32 PCI; Broadcom 440x/47xx; CS89×0; Intel PRO/100+; NE2000/NE1000; Realtek RTL-8129/8130/8139. Live Android 0.3 has been tested on virtualization platforms like VirtualBox and VMware. ...
Sizzled Core - http://www.sizzledcore.com/

 

Wednesday Oct 28, 2009

Dual-Booting Linux And Windows: Easier Said than Done
Datamation - Darien,CT,USA
I prefer using VirtualBox while others will possibly lean toward VMWare. In either case, you have working USB options and are able to install practically ...
Oracle clarifies plans for Java tools and OpenOffice
The H - London,UK
The updated version makes a number of new statements about the future of Glassfish, OpenOffice, NetBeans and VirtualBox. Oracle says it plans to continue ...
Blog Feed Post
SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
VMWARE Server (GSX), VirtualBox, Parallels Workstation and Desktop are examples of this type of hypervisor. The Type 2 Hypervisor is typically people are ...
HiR Information Report: Installing OpenBSD 4.6, Virtual machine ...
By noreply@blogger.com (Ax0n)
I've already installed it on a few of my systems, but in preparation for my upcoming article on getting OpenBSD, Apache, MySQL and PHP playing together nicely in a chroot environment, I decided to install it in VirtualBox. ...
HiR Information Report - http://www.h-i-r.net/
» That porridge is too cold. This porridge is too hot. My Green Life
By Mark
An obvious solution would be to switch from VMWare Server to VirtualBox, which does at least have a Mac client. But whereas VMWare Server is free of charge, VirtualBox is only free if you use the Open Source edition – which lacks ...
My Green Life - http://www.peppertop.com/blog/
Xplico » VirtualBox Image of Debian 5.0 with Xplico
By Gianluca C.
At SourceForge there is a VirtualBox.org image of Debian 5.0 with Xplico 0.5.2 installed and running. It is a smart way for testing this software without altering your environment. It is just download and begin to test Xplico. ...
Xplico - http://www.xplico.org/
How to VirtualBox without GUI or Headless | CentOS | Linux Tutorial
By Fabio Milano
How to create a guest virtual machine vm in VirtualBox from the command line or a system that does not have a GUI or Xorg installed.
Linux Tutorial - http://www.kernelhardware.org/
How To: Install VirtualBox 3 on Fedora 12 [Tutorial] | Derek ...
By SendDerek
This is a step by step tutorial on how to get VirtualBox 3 up and running on Fedora 12. Specifically, this guide was written using the VirtualBox 3.0.8 version.
Derek Hildreth's Blog - http://www.derekhildreth.com/blog/
Build Your Own Dev Server with VirtualBox
SitePoint - Australia
by Louis Simoneau Sun's VirtualBox is ideal for testing different desktop environments (for example, browser testing), but I've discovered it's also great ...
Windows 7 a la XP Mode
Linux Magazine (Registration) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Perhaps a better solution would be to install a third party product such as VirtualBox, VMware Workstation or QEMU if you need a Windows XP VM. ...
VirtualBox: how to “clone” your VMs | kill the radio
Notice the clone in quotes. Why? You can't actually clone a VM technically. We can work around that, though. Keep in mind, this guide is for VirtualBox <=
kill the radio - http://blog.killtheradio.net/
Remote Access to Your Services: EJB vs Spring/Hessian | Javalobby
By alex.m
Run 4: Win7RC/Virtualbox x86_64, SunJDK 1.6.0. Run 5: WinXP x86, SunJDK 1.6.0. Ok, no more spikes in EJB response time, though the times still look suspiciously flat. Plus, on WinXP, past 8k/1000 calls, I just get an exception ...
Javalobby - The heart of the... - http://java.dzone.com/
VMware profit declines by more than half
iT News - Australia
"After VMWare, Sun's Virtualbox was a breath of fresh air. Easier to configure. less buggy, faster, and its free (FOSS) too!" By Sams By Angelica Mari ...
Will the real "new" features in Windows 7 please stand up
TechRepublic - Louisville,KY,USA
Windows XP Mode: With Linux you can still get your full XP on using VirtualBox or, Wine for that matter. And you won't need a special CPU capable of ...
Linux release flood
MyADSL - Melville,South Africa
... and Gnome (2.28) desktop environments, a guest user account much like Ubuntu's, and a choice ofVirtualbox 3, Xen and qemu-kvm for virtualisation. ...

random bits: why virtualbox?
By pel 
What that means is that I automatically get updates to VirtualBox whenever I update the system. It was no big deal for me - I have no need to interact with others right now; it also helps that VirtualBoxis a quite polished product that ...
random bits - http://pelthestout.blogspot.com/
Themers Toolbox #2: browser hell | morten.dk
By mortendk 
The mac is superiour (as we all know ) but we need a little help when it comes to other OS. Downloadvirtualbox. Get the free virtualbox its great, and if you only need to check your webpages then these wont kill you mac with an absurd ...
morten.dk - Rockmusicians get... - http://morten.dk/
Bits By The Pound » Install VirtualBox on Ubuntu
By jpfiset 
sudo bash -c 'echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian $0 non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list' `lsb_release -cs` > wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/sun_vbox.asc -O- | sudo ...
Bits By The Pound - http://www.bitsbythepound.com/

 

Rusty Razor Blade » Blog Archive » VirtualBox – SSH'ing into a VM ...
By jon
When creating a new VM through VirtualBox, you might have a problem SSH'ing into the box. You also might notice you get a 10.0.x.xx type address, even though the rest of your network is a 192.168.xx.xxx deal. ...
Rusty Razor Blade - http://www.rustyrazorblade.com/
Need Help Installing Whs As Guest In Virtualbox - We Got Served Forums
I am running windows 7 and have virtualbox installed. I have a copy of WHS and would like to install it in virtualbox to get a feel for whs and see if i like it. If i like it i will be buying and building a server, but right now i dont ...
We Got Served Forums - New Posts - http://forum.wegotserved.com/index.php?/user/39031-12341234/


 

Friday Oct 23, 2009

Apple's Boot Camp users must wait for Windows 7 support
Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA
Virtualbox, which has a free open-source version, can also run Windows 7 with some minor hacking. Each solution enjoys varying amounts of compatibility, ...
Windows 7, Viruses, Corruption and VirtualBox. « Fractured Logic
By Blaynos 
I was wide awake, and decided that now Windows 7 is “officially” released, I'ld grab my MSDN Copy I've had for the past couple weeks and test it out in VirtualBox. But for a Different reason; To Try and Break it. ...
Fractured Logic - http://fracturedlogic.wordpress.com/
RMAN Active Duplicate « The great grandson of Husnu Sensoy
By kocakahin 
First change the HOST parameter of the listener to an IP that can be accessible from the source machine (I have created a private network between to virtual machines, you can find how to do this onVirtualBox HOWTOs and tutorials page) ...
The great grandson of Husnu Sensoy - http://husnusensoy.wordpress.com/
Jolicloud on virtualbox « random thoughts..
By Amit 
Jolicloud on virtualbox. Continuing my search for a lightweight OS to be run on my old spare laptop I chanced upon jolicloud and requested for an invitation. Got the invitation right away and downloaded the iso image yesterday. ...
random thoughts.. - http://amsharma.wordpress.com/

 

Windows 7 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard at no additional cost
tuaw.com - Santa Monica,CA,USA
You'll also need VirtualBox, which is free and open source virtualization software. Once you're done in Terminal, launch VirtualBox and browse to the file ...
62 Windows 7 tips, tricks and secrets
TechRadar UK - London,UK
A safer approach might be to use VirtualBox, a virtualisation tool that doesn't insist on hardware support, but then you will need to find a licensed copy ...
Access a Windows 7 Installation in Mac OS X with VirtualBox
Lifehacker - San Diego,CA,USA
This isn't installing Windows 7 by itself into a new VirtualBox image/appliance—it's taking the hard disk installation made with Boot Camp and making it ...
LABS GALLERY: What Does Windows 7 Have That Linux Doesn't?
eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA
You can virtualize XP on Linux quite well using Parallels Desktop; VMware Workstation or Player;VirtualBox; or Linux's own KVM, but you'll have to supply ...

 

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