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Primoz

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From: Ljubljana-Slovena-EU

Registered: 2009-03-04

Posts: 689

VM (VirtualBox) and Windows 7

So I would like to test out W7 to see what's it all about.
And I'm wondering does VirtualBox even support it.
And also as there's no VirtualBox for 64bit I'll install it from AUR, but yaourt says it's outdated...
So is there any other VM out there? VMware is player only, and I only know this two...

Is vitalisation in 64bit even "possible"?

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wonder

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Re: VM (VirtualBox) and Windows 7

virtualbox_bin from aur.
yes it is supported.

Last edited by wonder (2009-05-27 11:16:56)

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Primoz

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From: Ljubljana-Slovena-EU

Registered: 2009-03-04

Posts: 689

Re: VM (VirtualBox) and Windows 7

virtualbox_bin from aur.
yes it is supported.

Thanks!

EDIT: Will mark it solved after everything is working

Last edited by Primoz (2009-05-27 11:23:09)

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Arch x86_64 ATI AMD APU KDE frameworks 5
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Whatever I do, I always end up with something horribly mis-configured.

Primoz

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From: Ljubljana-Slovena-EU

Registered: 2009-03-04

Posts: 689

Re: VM (VirtualBox) and Windows 7

I have more questions...
How much RAM would you recommend for it to run?
I have "only" 2GB of it.

Also in Wiki which part applies to 2.2 version?
Is there a command to start a VM directly from CLI??

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tgc

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Registered: 2004-03-09

Posts: 96

Re: VM (VirtualBox) and Windows 7

I have more questions...
How much RAM would you recommend for it to run?
I have "only" 2GB of it.

Usually it is recommeded to use only half of your hosts memory for guest VMs, og windows7 can run fine with 1GB, so you should be ok.

Also in Wiki which part applies to 2.2 version?
Is there a command to start a VM directly from CLI??

Sure:

VBoxManage startvm <vm-name>

If you want to run it without graphical output you can use VBoxHeadless