Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Test of VirtualBox

Will be trying out running VirtualBox to satisfy my windows needs (banking, etc - Handelsbanken does not support Linux...).

More to come.
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Ok, had problems with the default Ubuntu VirtualBox package, so I downloaded the latest version from http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads. Installed it and got it running. Currently installing XP and performing upgrades (installed SP1):


But some problems may be yet to come:


More to come.

Trying to get the USB working with this tutorial:
http://stikiflem.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/enable-usb-support-in-virtualbox/

Need USB to get Handelsbankens j-vla Nexus Personal att importera min cert!!
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Some problems still remaining with VirtualBox:
- CPU goes to 100% of one of the cores when I plugin a USb device - known problem, no fix found...
- VirtualBox OS hangs when I suspend Ubuntu - fix for this is supposed to out in release 2.0.4 of VirtualBox...
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This might be a really good idea for me:
http://blarts.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/how-to-run-virtualbox-using-a-physical-partition-using-ubuntu-feisty-fawn/

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