[PLUG] VirtualBox

Joe Shisei Niski joeniski at easystreet.net
Sun Jun 28 15:03:28 UTC 2009


Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> I am trying to understand the uses and limitations of VirtualBox, in
> anticipation of using it (or some other VM) to run Windows for a few
> tasks that I still use.  My understanding from reading the docs. is
> that VB does not support Ubuntu 9.04 as a host, nor Windows ME as a
> guest.  I believe that the latter could be dealt with by getting a
> newer version of Windows, but the former seems like a show stopper.
> Am I understanding the documentation correctly?  Any experience here?
>
>   
i've been using it to run WinXP on Jaunty - the virtual disk image & vm 
configuraiton was originally created on Feisty (or Hardy, can't quite 
remember), and vBox continues to run it aok.

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Joe Shisei Niski
Portland, Oregon, USA




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