Thanks for the information. I tried to install Win2K and it kept failing on copying the Win2k.sys file. I finally bought the bullet and purchased a copy of Vista 32 home basic from NewEgg. Although based on what you said above I hope it will allow me to install it in VM when it arrives.
Again, that restriction was in EULA only. The install itself cannot tell that it is in a VM. And I am 100% certain that Microsoft removed that restriction anyway.
(Here is a note from 2006 that discusses the virtualization licensing issues. And here is an article that suggests that Microsoft changed the policy and now allows home basic to be installed within a VM.)
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On another note, the whole process seem relatively easy. It got me thinking about other OS's. Maybe I'll venture back to try a linux distro again. Maybe.
One warning about a Linux install (at least in my experience) is that there are certain drivers that all of the VMs provide that allow a certain communication and ease of use with the host system, and my experience with Ubuntu was that there was a pain-in-the-neck set of terminal commands you needed to run to get the drivers installed in Ubuntu. If you do go that route, let me know and I'll see if I can find those instructions.
I successfully able to install Vista 32 Home Basic in VirtualBox. It seems to work just fine. I even have internet access.
I am for some reason not able to see the other computers on my network though. How am I able to get files into my VM?
Is there someway to setup a common space or folder between my VM and the host machine?
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I successfully able to install Vista 32 Home Basic in VirtualBox. It seems to work just fine. I even have internet access.
I am for some reason not able to see the other computers on my network though. How am I able to get files into my VM?
Is there someway to setup a common space or folder between my VM and the host machine?
One way is to go shut down the VM and go into settings and change the network "attached to:" from the default "NAT" to "Bridged Adapter" (and then make sure that it connects to the proper network adapter - i.e., ethernet or wireless). When you restart your machine will be on the same LAN segment rather than sitting behind the equivalent of a NAT router (the default).
The other way is to go into "Shared Folders" and add a shared folder (on the host machine) that the VM can connect to - it will see it as a network shared folder inside the VM.
I assume the shared folder on the host machine will be visible to everyone on the network. I would have expected that there was some way to configure common space between a host machine and the VMs running on it.
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I assume the shared folder on the host machine will be visible to everyone on the network. I would have expected that there was some way to configure common space between a host machine and the VMs running on it.
No, if you use the shared folders setting it is private between the host and the VM. So you can create a folder on the host, set up the shared access, and then, even though it uses networking features of Windows (or Linux) to access the shared space, it does not require setting up sharing in the typical way on the host, and does not expose that folder to the network (if, of course, your machine is configured that way.)
But you did ask about seeing other computers on the network, so I gave you both options.
I created a folder on my host c drive then added it as a shared folder in my VM. I still can't see it. Do I have to change the network adapter as well?
So far the adapter is still NAT and I don't seem to be able to get visibilty to the shared folder. Should I be seeing the host machine in the network window? At the moment I only see the VM.
Also, Is there a way to have the VM display in full screen?
thanks
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First, you need to install the Guest Additions for these things to work. If it is not already installed, with the VM running Vista, go to the "Devices" menu and choose "Install Guest Additions". That will mount a CD image within the VM (which has an autorun.inf file, so if you have autorun disabled you'll need to manually start the app on the CD image) and install the drivers, etc., from the setup. You'll have to reboot the VM.
On a Mac, there are visual modes called "Full Screen" and "Seamless Mode" (you can read about them in the help file). I'd guess that the Windows version has the same options, but I'm really not sure.
I installed the Additions and now see the "Seemless" option. It sounds cool. I'll check it out later.
I still can't get to the shared folder. I tried the help file and it didn't seem to ... uh help.
I created a older on my host. c:\vm-share
Then configured it under Devices>>Shared Folders.
The help file says to map a drive through Networks but I can only see my VM under Network. I still can't see my Host machine.
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Windows Shared Folders
I cannot see my newly created shared folder under "My Network Places". Under Windows 2000 they're visible, but not under Windows XP / Windows Vista. This is because of the standard settings of these two.
To get it working the way it was, just do the following steps:
Open the Explorer
In the menu go to "Tools" and select "Folder Options"
Under tab "General" activate "Use Windows classic folders"
Now the "Entire Network" as well as the shared folder entries are visible again.
Of course, this seems to be a problem on Windows7 guests, which has removed Windows Classic Folders . . .
Also, this is from the help file:
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In a Windows guest, starting with VirtualBox 1.5.0, shared folders are
browseable and are therefore visible in Windows Explorer. So, to attach the
host’s shared folder to your Windows guest, open Windows Explorer and look
for it under “My Networking Places” -> “Entire Network” -> “VirtualBox Shared
Folders”. By right-clicking on a shared folder and selecting “Map network drive”
from the menu that pops up, you can assign a drive letter to that shared folder.
Alternatively, on the Windows command line, use the following:
net use x: \\vboxsvr\sharename
While vboxsvr is a fixed name (note that vboxsrv would also work), replace
“x:“ with the drive letter that you want to use for the share, and sharename
with the share name specified with VBoxManage.
And I can confirm that this works perfectly from a command line in a Win7 Guest. (And, just to reinforce it, you use the "vboxsvr" as the computer name, not the name of your Windows host.)
Just an update on my VM travels.
I have successfully gotten my VM to recongnize the shared folder on my host. The icon at the bottom even flickers when there is activity.
However, I don't know how I can access the folder from within the VM.
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