Re-centralised

Stacey was having issues with Qemu so for fun I decided to try VirtualBox.

Install was (mostly) easy – the version that installs via add/remove in Ubuntu doesn’t seem to automatically detect & install the right kernel modules. After a bit of faffing about in synaptic (and a few reboots later) I managed to add a bs entry into GRUB* (don’t ask how) but otherwise manage to get it to work.

inb4 elitists, yes I know the one from add/remove is out of date**

Tips:

1. Download VirtualBox from add/remove (alternativly: HERE)
2. Install appropriate modules via synaptic (in my case, just ose modules generic with my 2.6.xx kernel)
3. add yer self to the vboxusers group
4. yer done

Side note: If you choose to install windows xp like I did, you will want to make sure your DirectX is sort-of up to date with the Re-dist HERE

Achieved: Sound, 3D Acceleration, among other small victories.

What’s Left: Drive & Folder mapping between Guest & Host

Anyone who has used VirutalPC / VMware / Qemu/ etc.. will be familiar.

Sequence:

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GRUB was easily fixed, and I can’t confirm if the system always did that (as I had never rebooted that machine before) or if its related to VirtualBox

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The update went smooth too (i did an uninstall of the older version).