Re: [vbox-users] Can 32bit guest os run on top of 64bit host os?

2008-05-22 Thread Frank Mehnert
Hi Jongjun, On Thursday 22 May 2008, 孙宗君 wrote: I run 32bit winxp on 32bit linux host os now, it runs smoothly. VirtualBox is a great product :) What I want to know whether 32bit guest Os can run on x86_64 bit host Os? Yes, this is indeed possible. Make sure that you remove the KVM modules

[vbox-users] screen resolution problem with OpenSolaris 2008.05 on VirtualBox 1.6

2008-05-22 Thread Bill Shannon
(I posted this to opensolaris-discuss but didn't get any help there.) I spent several hours trying to get OpenSolaris 2008.05 (final version) to work with a screen resolution larger than 1024x768 when running under VirtualBox 1.6, but no luck. I installed the VirtualBox guest additions, but they

Re: [vbox-users] screen resolution problem with OpenSolaris 2008.05 on VirtualBox 1.6

2008-05-22 Thread Frank Mehnert
On Thursday 22 May 2008, Bill Shannon wrote: I spent several hours trying to get OpenSolaris 2008.05 (final version) to work with a screen resolution larger than 1024x768 when running under VirtualBox 1.6, but no luck. How big is the screen resolution of your host kernel? VirtualBox 1.6.0 is a

Re: [vbox-users] vbox very slow with linux

2008-05-22 Thread Gregory Nowak
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Which version of virtualbox? What guest operatingsystems? I had an issue under vbox 1.6.0 with a debian gnu/linux guest, which I described on this list, where the keyboard inside the guest was very sluggish. Is this what you're seeing also? Greg On

Re: [vbox-users] MS Flight Simulator

2008-05-22 Thread steve
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Harry Wert wrote: | Has anyone been able to install MS Flight Simulator with Windows Xp | running on VirtualBox on Ubuntu Hardy? When I try it starts install and | runs awhile then freezes (stops installing) and will go no further. | VirtualBox is

Re: [vbox-users] VirtualBox needs BIOS customization option (readable format)

2008-05-22 Thread Nanley Chery
Thanks for the quick response! I ran 1.6.1 from svn - boy was that a chore, added the values, but still no go =( An excerpt from my .xml file... ExtraDataItem name=VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBIOSVendor value=Acer/ ExtraDataItem

[vbox-users] 64 bit guest OSs

2008-05-22 Thread Mark Valery
I realize believing and planning for when a certain capability will be in a future release is rather foolish ( I never really believe in the dates that I give myself). So, anyone have an idea on when 64 bit guest OSs will be available in vbox? -- Mark

Re: [vbox-users] VirtualBox needs BIOS customization option (readable format)

2008-05-22 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 6:41 PM, Nanley Chery [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Every single piece of hardware could be changed on a PC with SLP and no reactivation would be required – even the motherboard could be replaced as long as the replacement motherboard was original equipment manufactured by

Re: [vbox-users] VirtualBox incompatible with SafeDisc

2008-05-22 Thread Michael Thayer
Hello Hans, Just a thought, but have you tried attaching the CD in VirtualBox in passthrough mode? Regards, Michael Hans Halvorson wrote: My host machine is Gentoo Linux, kernel 2.6.24, i386. I am running VirtualBox 1.5.4, and my guest machine is Windows XP Professional. It seems that