Jan/080
How to set up a virtualbox client from the console.
VBoxManage createvm -name “Your VM” -register VBoxManage modifyvm “Your VM” -memory “128MB” -acpi on -boot1 dvd -nic1 intnet VBoxManage createvdi -filename “VM.vdi” -size 4000 -register VBoxManage modifyvm “Your VM” -hda “VM.vdi” VBoxManage registerimage dvd /full/path/to/iso.iso VBoxManage modifyvm “Your VM” -dvd /full/path/to/iso.iso VBoxManage modifyvm “Your VM” -vrdpport 3390 VBoxVRDP -startvm “Your VM”
Jan/080
Virtualbox linux kernel upgrade solution
Problem:
VirtualBox kernel driver not installed. The vboxdrv kernel module was either not loaded or /dev/vboxdrv was not created for some reason. Re-setup the kernel module by executing ‘/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup’ as root.
VBox status code: -1908 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED).
Solution:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Mar/070
Virtualized windows apps running via 2X & vmware server on linux
Running Windows as a VM on Linux with VMware Server
This looks interesting, this guide reckons that you can run windows apps so they look native (like the next version of parallelis for macs) by using the (free) X2 client to serve them from a firtual server running in the background.
I’m going togive it a go this afternoon and I’ll let you know how it all goes!
Jan/070
KVM: Kernel-based Virtual Machine for Linux
KVM: Kernel-based Virtual Machine for Linux Basically it runs a modified version of qemu that accesses the local resources via a kernal driver presented by /dev/kvm. All virtual machines run as processes in the host OS, and they run at near native speed. This is still under development, but with sequoia capital listed as an investor, this is one to watch.. Oh, and it’s GPL .
Jan/070
Virtual Linux
Virtual Linux
Virtualization means many things to many people. A big focus of virtualization currently is server virtualization, or the hosting of multiple independent operating systems on a single host computer. This article explores the ideas behind virtualization and then discusses some of the many ways to implement virtualization. We also look at some of the other virtualization technologies out there, such as operating system virtualization on Linux.