| Misadventures in Sun’s VirtualBox with Ubuntu and Vista |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Monday, 04 August 2008 | |
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Plenty of people have reported great success with VirtualBox, so I’m keen to try it again in the not-too-distant future, but I’ll also be using Acronis True Image 11 Home Edition to make a complete backup of my hard drive first, just in case. I’ve also been reading through the “5 reasons why you should use VirtualBox over VMWare server” article which seem to make sense to me. These reasons include faster boot time when starting a virtual OS, seamless operation between VirtualBox and the host (which is what I was trying to achieve by installing virtual tools in Windows, which then caused the crash!), easy installation of the software and guest OSes, and other reasons you can read for yourself. So... while VirtualBox is not currently on my system, it was all working quite perfectly until I decided to install the VirtualBox tools in Windows. I could have easily lived without the Windows tools, and it’s a shame its installation caused my system to freeze up, but I’m willing to try it again and spend more time in Ubuntu, mucking around in Gnome and exploring all the options. I’m well aware of the endless KDE and Gnome wars, so I’d love to try Kubuntu as well, and when I have more time, different Linux distros, too. I’m hoping this article might help others in the same situation by realising that you can use the Vista disc to get back into System Restore... it could help someone out there who has run into the same situation. If possible, I’ll also try loading the virtual tools in Windows first, before loading Ubuntu, as the order I installed things in might have been an issue, too. When I venture forth into the world of an updated VirtualBox once more, something that I’ll be trying later this week, I’ll let you know how I go! To try VirtualBox for yourself, visit its website. |
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