[VBox-users] GNC3 VM won't run on VBox Hypervisor

2016-11-30 Thread Stephan Hockley
Hey Folks, I'm trying to run GNS3 on VBox hypervisor.  GNS3 is a network emulator which uses its own GNS3 VM .ova to power the emulator.  I'm getting the error when I try to sync the emulator to the VM " VirtualBox doesn't support nested virtualization".  When I escape this screen, I then get

[VBox-users] Virtualbox version comparison

2016-11-30 Thread Daniel Miller
I'm presently using VirtualBox 4.3, with a Linux host, serving a few Linux and Windows guests. If everything is presently functional - is there going to be any performance benefit in moving to one of the newer versions? I've seen some brief comments that each new version adds some new

Re: [VBox-users] GNC3 VM won't run on VBox Hypervisor

2016-11-30 Thread Alexey Eromenko
GNS3 is meant to be run on host, side-by-side with VBox, not inside VBox. -"Technologov" On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 1:17 AM, Jerry Kemp wrote: > Your error message pretty much says it all. > > I run VirtualBox on Solaris, and it works great for probably 90% of the stuff >

Re: [VBox-users] GNC3 VM won't run on VBox Hypervisor

2016-11-30 Thread Jerry Kemp
Your error message pretty much says it all. I run VirtualBox on Solaris, and it works great for probably 90% of the stuff I need to do. One of those, is that I would like to run Cisco VIRL in a VirtualBox VM, but I am at the same point as you are, i.e. VirtualBox does not support nested

Re: [VBox-users] Virtualbox version comparison

2016-11-30 Thread Alexey Eromenko
You can read the change logs. IMO performance in general doesn't improve very much, except for specific use-cases. What improves is better support for newer operating systems (esp new Linuxes), and some nice-to-have features like file Drag-n-Drop. Read "Changelog" so you will see. Also, Keep in

Re: [VBox-users] GNC3 VM won't run on VBox Hypervisor

2016-11-30 Thread Stephan Hockley
Thanks for the feedback Alexey. Steve From: Alexey Eromenko To: Community mailing list of VirtualBox users Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 6:46 PM Subject: Re: [VBox-users] GNC3 VM won't run on VBox Hypervisor GNS3

Re: [VBox-users] GNC3 VM won't run on VBox Hypervisor

2016-11-30 Thread Stephan Hockley
Thanks for the feedback Jerry, I wanted to double-check with the community first before dumping $150 into Workstation 12 (academic pricing). Steve From: Jerry Kemp To: Community mailing list of VirtualBox users