Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-13 Thread Amit k. Saha
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Fernando Cassia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 6:32 AM, Amit k. Saha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There could be a variety of reasons. For one, if you try to use the existing XML file, then you will run into problems if your Host OS is *not*

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-13 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 6:32 AM, Amit k. Saha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There could be a variety of reasons. For one, if you try to use the existing XML file, then you will run into problems if your Host OS is *not* the same as the one it was created on. -Amit I guess, then, that the

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-12 Thread David Baron
On Friday 12 September 2008 00:50:44 Grant McWilliams wrote: On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:25 AM, David Baron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded a couple. Since I never got my own ReactOS install to run on vbox, I took that one. 1. I cannot create a new VM to use this vdi because it is

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-12 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Grant McWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 12 September 2008 00:50:44 Grant McWilliams wrote: On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:25 AM, David Baron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded a couple. Since I never got my own ReactOS install to run on

[vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-11 Thread Amit k. Saha
Hi! Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances from http://virtualbox.wordpress.com? I am trying one of the DSL images with VirtualBox 2.0 and this is what I get: VBoxManage registervm /home/amit/Desktop/dsl-4.4.2-x86/Machines/dsl-4.4.2-x86/dsl-4.4.2-x86.xml VirtualBox Command Line

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-11 Thread Amit k. Saha
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:38 PM, Amit k. Saha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Fernando Cassia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Amit k. Saha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances from

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-11 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Amit k. Saha [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Create a new VM using the Virtualbox GUI, set it as Linux as the guest OS (on the drop-down), and then point it to the downloaded file. Should work... You mean the VDI ? The VDI is a virtual disk image. The files you

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-11 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Amit k. Saha [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: If yes, then how do I create a VM using the above two files using VBoxManage? I got my answer- you cannot use a config file meant for OS-1 on OS-2 Thanks, Amit I don't think the config file is really all that

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-11 Thread Amit k. Saha
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:47 PM, Fernando Cassia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Amit k. Saha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If yes, then how do I create a VM using the above two files using VBoxManage? I got my answer- you cannot use a config file meant for OS-1

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-11 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Amit k. Saha [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: The very concept of Virtual appliance is that you *don't* have to create a new configuration or a new VM which in VBox terms is using the existing XML file. The problem is that VirtualBox does not (to my knowledge) have

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-11 Thread Amit k. Saha
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 8:13 PM, Fernando Cassia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Amit k. Saha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The very concept of Virtual appliance is that you *don't* have to create a new configuration or a new VM which in VBox terms is using the

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-11 Thread David Baron
I downloaded a couple. Since I never got my own ReactOS install to run on vbox, I took that one. 1. I cannot create a new VM to use this vdi because it is already registered. 2. I have no way that I know of to get a preexisting entry into the programs ~/.VirtualBox xml file to use the reactos

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-11 Thread Grant McWilliams
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:25 AM, David Baron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded a couple. Since I never got my own ReactOS install to run on vbox, I took that one. 1. I cannot create a new VM to use this vdi because it is already registered. Make sure the vdi doesn't belong to any VM