Category: VirtualBox

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/downloads/virtual-machines-1355605.html You need to update VBox Guest Additions – that does not include removing the old version of this package, so we have to do this ourselves: root # pkgrm SUNWvboxguest root # pkgadd -d /media/VBOXADDITIONS/VBoxSolarisAdditions.pkg all

I had tried in vain booting that DVD with changed parameters in the VM set-up. I searched the web for the error message “FATAL: Could not read from the boot medium! System halted.“. I did not simply try to navigate the DVD in the OS X Finder – but doing that at a rather early…

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes : regarding Windows 8 they say: “Requires AMD-V or VT-x. Guest Additions have small remaining issues.” https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewforum.php?f=2 : (Guest systems > Windows Guests) http://getintopc.com/softwares/operating-systems/windows-8-1-download/ http://www.heise.de/download/windows-8.1-1192088.html I want to run a UK-English Windows 8.1 in a VM. I purchased a DVD. VirtualBox 4.3.12 offers Windows 8.1 as a supported guest operating system. Creating the VM looks easy.…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMware_Player

We shall see …

This time I had difficulties updating the “extension pack” for my WinXP VM. The suggested double-clicking on the downloaded file did not work, there was no application associated. But the extension pack was also mounted to my D: drive. I “auto-played” that, and that got it going.

http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781782177821.do http://www.packtpub.com/getting-started-with-oracle-vm-virtualbox/book