Hi All,
I am wondering what you guys think of both of these great VM softwares.
Let me start by saying I use both! Why? Well I was sold on VMware Player but could not get it running on my desk top after moving to 8.4. See when I moved to 8.4 I did so on my laptop (IBM T43), and desktop AMD XP 2400. I could not figure this issue out for the life of me. See the desktop gave me errors on the modules and once I ran the install I could not go back with out rebuilding. At this point I gave VBox a try.
Of the both I like Vbox over VMware, I feel the full screen support is better and the install guest addons for the guest VM is great. Yes there is some issue with getting the USB to work but it not to bad. Below is whtat I did to get it woking.
I would love to hear for you guys.
Noel Vh
I am wondering what you guys think of both of these great VM softwares.
Let me start by saying I use both! Why? Well I was sold on VMware Player but could not get it running on my desk top after moving to 8.4. See when I moved to 8.4 I did so on my laptop (IBM T43), and desktop AMD XP 2400. I could not figure this issue out for the life of me. See the desktop gave me errors on the modules and once I ran the install I could not go back with out rebuilding. At this point I gave VBox a try.
Of the both I like Vbox over VMware, I feel the full screen support is better and the install guest addons for the guest VM is great. Yes there is some issue with getting the USB to work but it not to bad. Below is whtat I did to get it woking.
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VirtualBox Software Install, and configure [url]http://www.ubuntu1501.com/2007/12/installing-virtualbox-with-usb-support.html[/url] Step 1: Download and Install VirtualBox Step 2: Setup User groups & USB support *Add yourself as a virtual box user In a terminal type: sudo adduser username vboxusers You must replace userame with your user name! Or you can do this with the GUI user manager. *Add USB support to you fstab file In a terminal type: sudo gedit /etc/fstab And paste this line to the end of your fstab none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=1001,devmode=664 0 0 *Enable USB In a terminal type: sudo gedit /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh You need to look for this section: # # Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work # #mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs #domount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644 #ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices #mount --rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb And delete all the # shown, it should look exactly like this. #Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs domount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644 ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices mount --rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb Find your vboxusers number In a terminal type: sudo gedit /etc/group Look for this, the number following it is your vboxusers number vboxusers:x:NUMBER Next you have to add a line to your /etc/fstab to allow usb mounting In a terminal type: sudo gedit /etc/fstab Add this line: none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid= enter vboxusers number HERE,devmode=664 0 0 Allow access to /proc/bus/usb/ in a teminal type: sudo chown -R root:vboxusers /proc/bus/usb Once you Log out or reboot, you can start VirtualBox (Applications>System Tools>Innotek VirtualBox) Vbox mount share folder in windows guest (VM machine). net use x: \\vboxsvr\your share folder name The your share folder name in a folder you create in the host machine, so enter that folder name in the net use command.
Noel Vh
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