VirtualBox Questions

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Oracle Virtualisation
Hi All, I am getting confused between Oracle VM and VirtualBox… I know that Oracle VM is a type 1 hypervisor which is a bare metal installation one and VirtualBox works on host and guest Operating systems. I have installed Oracle VM Server on my 32GB Ram server it was a bare metal installation, now [...]

Answer Question   |  February 19, 2013  4:02 PM
Oracle VM, VirtualBox, Virtualization
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5 pts.

TGIF: IT Book Giveaway
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Answer Question   |  January 21, 2011  4:10 PM
Desktop virtualization, embedded Linux, Giveaways, Hyper-V, IT Books, Linux, NetApp, Open source software, VirtualBox, VRDP
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6,315 pts.

To use VRDP of VirtualBox, it doesn’t listen the VRDP port.
Hi all, I’m trying to do the VRDP service, and it doesn’t work. My host OS is Windows XP professional, and VM is Windows XP, too. I’ve set the port 9999 and it doesn’t seem to be opened. So, I cannot connect with the port number. I don’t think the port number is wrong. I might [...]

Answer Question   |  January 21, 2011  6:47 AM
Desktop virtualization, Sun VirtualBox, VirtualBox, VRDP, VRDP port, Windows XP, Windows XP Virtual Machines
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5 pts.

VirtualBox 2.2 how to configure Guest to print using Host printer
I am new to VirtualBox and would like to know how I could configure the Guest to print using the Host printer. Both the Host and Guest is Win XP and the printer installed on host/guest is assigned to LPT1 (printer not networked).Will print test page from Host but not from Guest. Thanks for any [...]

Answer Question   |  July 13, 2009  7:53 PM
Sun VirtualBox, VirtualBox, VirtualBox 2.2
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20 pts.

No sound in both virtually installed OS Ubuntu 9.04 and Red Hat 9 in VirtualBox 2.1.2
no sound in both virtually installed OS ubuntu 9.04 and redhat 9 in virtual box 2.1.2 when i updated their pre-installed media players to play audio and video files they show error

Answer Question   |  March 11, 2009  2:04 AM
Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Linux 9, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 9.04, VirtualBox, VirtualBox 2.1.2
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10 pts.

Virtual Box Sharing Feature (Vista=Host, Kubuntu=Guest)
Dear IT KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE, How can I set up a shared folder between a Windows Vista Host and a Kubuntu Guest? I have seen many tutorials explaining the reverse (Host = Ubuntu, Guest = Windows). I wish to understand more on cross-desktop sharing. Thank you.

Answer Question   |  February 15, 2009  10:18 AM
Kubuntu, Linux shared folders, Shared folders, VirtualBox, Virtualization, Windows Vista
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20 pts.

Virtualization Product Choices
I will be setting up my new system in a couple of weeks. I’ll be running CentOS 5 on a quad core AMD Opteron. I’m going to run Windows XP as a guest OS, and possibly 1 or more Linux distros. Does anyone have any suggestions? I am currently considering Xen or Virtualbox, leaning towards [...]

Answer Question   |  November 23, 2008  5:54 PM
AMD, CentOS, Data Center management, Linux Distributions, VirtualBox, Virtualization technologies, Windows XP, Xen
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110 pts.

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