Dick, On Tuesday 05 August 2008, Dick Goldberg wrote: >>> On Thursday 24 July 2008, you wrote: >>> >>> I am running Vbox 1.6.2 on Windows XP SP2. I had trouble installing >>> Solaris so I installed Fedora with all the latest updates. I cannot >>> install Guest Additions. Every executable program returns an error >>> message: "Couldn't display "/media/VBOXADDITIONS_1.6.2_31466/VBox >>> GuestAdditions.exe"." (with the appropriate .exe file name.) Obviously, I >>> need this application to avail myself of the larger window size. >>> >>> I don't know if the following has any bearing on the above, or for that >>> matter, if it makes any difference if I am using the x86 version. I >>> downloaded VirtualBox-11.6.2-Win_amd64.msi which would not install >>> although my machine is an AMD 64. Therefore I downloaded: >>> VirtualBox-1.6.2-Win_x86.msi and had no trouble installing it. I then >>> proceeded with the installation of Fedora, which runs fine, as far >>> as I can tell with the limited opportunity to check it out. >> >> You are obviously running a 32-bit Windows version on your AMD64 >> machine which is fine. For 32-bit Windows you have to install the >> x86-version of VirtualBox. >> >> To install the guest additions for your Linux/Fedora guest you >> have to execute >> >> sh /media/VBOXADDITIONS_1.6.2_31466/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run >> >> as root. The .exe application contains the guest additions for >> Windows guests. Please have a look at the user manual section >> 4 and section 4.3 for further details. >> > After many tries, this is the procedure I ended up pursuing. I still > have been unable to get the VBoxLinuxAdditions.run to execute -- but I will > not stop trying. > > I still would like to get a compatible version of Solaris to download. > That's what I was trying to accomplish in the first place.
Can you explain a little bit more in detail what does not work? What happens if you try to execute sh /media/VBOXADDITIONS_1.6.2_31466/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run as root from your Linux guest? Note that the installation procedure for Solaris guests is a little bit different. Kind regards, Frank -- Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/
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