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From: Why Tea on 20 Apr 2010 20:13
On Apr 21, 4:13 am, orbro <o...(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote:
> Why Tea <ytl...(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:80b5ab66-0992-4fad-8e60-
> 0b765d68e...(a)m24g2000prc.googlegroups.com:
>
> > OK. I'll try to create OpenSuse VM next. Does networking
> > (Lan and wifi) work in a Linux VM?
>
> Lan with current virtual machine I'm using (Mandriva image I grabbed from
> the site I originally posted about) worked fine. Took a few 'maybe this
> will work' clicks. I vaguely recall some issue about Eth0 v. Eth1, but,
> really, no problem. As for wifi, the computer I am using is a hard wired
> desktop without a wifi dongle. So, once again, I am unable to offer you any
> feedback on your question.
>
> One of the nice things about the preconfigured images is that many of the
> issues that arise when one makes one's own machine are eliminated. Plug and
> play, if you will. I use VB as a browsing sandbox, so my demands on the
> setup are few. Actually, if anybody wanted to weigh in on the security
> aspects of using VirtualBox with Linux guest and xp host, I would be all
> ears.
>
> O

I installed OpenSuSe 11.2 in VirtualBox on a USB stick with
the full development environment; memory set at 500MB and
HD 6GB. It recognized the WIFi right out of the box. I ran it
on my office notebook and it worked nicely. I even managed
to install some new packages with YaST. The speed for running
OpenSuSe is very slow on the stick (obviously we can't compare
the speed to a HD), I guess it's also because I have done a full
installation of almost all the development packages. Overall, I'm
impressed with VirtualBox running Linux as a guest OS on
Windows. You can't beat the convenience of its portability.
I can live without the drag-n-drop between host and guest OS
and use the shared folder instead. Will try to run Windows as
a guest OS on a Linux machine when I have the chance.
From: orbro on 20 Apr 2010 20:57
Why Tea <ytlim1(a)gmail.com> wrote in
news:246855a0-7a93-4262-b90a-9a3e607c9e2b(a)v27g2000pro.googlegroups.com:



> I installed OpenSuSe 11.2 in VirtualBox on a USB stick with
> the full development environment; memory set at 500MB and
> HD 6GB. It recognized the WIFi right out of the box. I ran it
> on my office notebook and it worked nicely. I even managed
> to install some new packages with YaST. The speed for running
> OpenSuSe is very slow on the stick (obviously we can't compare
> the speed to a HD), I guess it's also because I have done a full
> installation of almost all the development packages. Overall, I'm
> impressed with VirtualBox running Linux as a guest OS on
> Windows. You can't beat the convenience of its portability.
> I can live without the drag-n-drop between host and guest OS
> and use the shared folder instead. Will try to run Windows as
> a guest OS on a Linux machine when I have the chance.
>

Thanks for the report.

O
From: C.Joseph Drayton on 1 May 2010 21:31
On 4/19/2010 8:37 PM, Why Tea wrote:
> On Apr 20, 11:49 am, orbro<o...(a)nowhere.com> wrote:
>> Why Tea<ytl...(a)gmail.com> wrote in
>>
>>> I found a portable VirtualBox athttp://www.vbox.me/. Which one do
>>> you use? Is there an official portable version?
>>
>> v3.1.6 from the site you mention.
>> I am not aware of an official version.
>>
>> O
>
> Thanks. I just tried to create an XP VM on my Vista.
> The VM doesn't detect my Wifi, it lists only the fixed
> network adapter. A quick search with Google has
> found quite a few posts about the same problem.
> But I couldn't find a solution that works for me. I have
> no problem with VMplayer on the same machine.
> Have you seen similar problems?

Hello Why Tea,

VirtualBox doesn't recognize your wi-fi adapter directly. It creates a
bridge between the VM and the host computers networking capability. So
long as you installed the networking drivers (even though they are not
'certified by Microsoft'), and turned on networking in the VM settings,
the bridge should be created automatically.

I am downloading the portable version now of VirtualBox. I have been
using VB since before Sun bought a license for it and it has always set
up the bridge automatically.

Ciao . . . C.Joseph

"When one asks for too much . . .
one always ends up with too little."
-- Thomas Paine

From: C.Joseph Drayton on 1 May 2010 21:38
On 4/20/2010 12:13 PM, orbro wrote:
> Why Tea<ytlim1(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:80b5ab66-0992-4fad-8e60-
> 0b765d68e03b(a)m24g2000prc.googlegroups.com:
>
>
>> OK. I'll try to create OpenSuse VM next. Does networking
>> (Lan and wifi) work in a Linux VM?
>
> Lan with current virtual machine I'm using (Mandriva image I grabbed from
> the site I originally posted about) worked fine. Took a few 'maybe this
> will work' clicks. I vaguely recall some issue about Eth0 v. Eth1, but,
> really, no problem. As for wifi, the computer I am using is a hard wired
> desktop without a wifi dongle. So, once again, I am unable to offer you any
> feedback on your question.
>
> One of the nice things about the preconfigured images is that many of the
> issues that arise when one makes one's own machine are eliminated. Plug and
> play, if you will. I use VB as a browsing sandbox, so my demands on the
> setup are few. Actually, if anybody wanted to weigh in on the security
> aspects of using VirtualBox with Linux guest and xp host, I would be all
> ears.
>
> O

My production machine has 2GB of RAM, and I keep a Ubuntu Karmic Koala
VM running all the time under WindowsXPpe[sp3].

I have the VM set to 512MB RAM, 16MB video memory, and a 16GB fixed size
VDI. Note that you get better performance when the VDI is fixed size
with any OS that uses a swap file.

Ciao . . . C.Joseph

"When one asks for too much . . .
one always ends up with too little."
-- Thomas Paine
From: C.Joseph Drayton on 1 May 2010 23:15
On 5/1/2010 7:31 PM, C.Joseph Drayton wrote:
> On 4/19/2010 8:37 PM, Why Tea wrote:
>> On Apr 20, 11:49 am, orbro<o...(a)nowhere.com> wrote:
>>> Why Tea<ytl...(a)gmail.com> wrote in
>>>
>>>> I found a portable VirtualBox athttp://www.vbox.me/. Which one do
>>>> you use? Is there an official portable version?
>>>
>>> v3.1.6 from the site you mention.
>>> I am not aware of an official version.
>>>
>>> O
>>
>> Thanks. I just tried to create an XP VM on my Vista.
>> The VM doesn't detect my Wifi, it lists only the fixed
>> network adapter. A quick search with Google has
>> found quite a few posts about the same problem.
>> But I couldn't find a solution that works for me. I have
>> no problem with VMplayer on the same machine.
>> Have you seen similar problems?
>
> Hello Why Tea,
>
> VirtualBox doesn't recognize your wi-fi adapter directly. It creates a
> bridge between the VM and the host computers networking capability. So
> long as you installed the networking drivers (even though they are not
> 'certified by Microsoft'), and turned on networking in the VM settings,
> the bridge should be created automatically.
>
> I am downloading the portable version now of VirtualBox. I have been
> using VB since before Sun bought a license for it and it has always set
> up the bridge automatically.
>
> Ciao . . . C.Joseph
>
> "When one asks for too much . . .
> one always ends up with too little."
> -- Thomas Paine
>

Just as follow-up, I downloaded the portable-VirtualBox. I could not get
it to install any version of VB after 3.1.0.55467.

I then had it load a Ubuntu VDI. It ran no problem. Its funny because
the GuestAdditions are actually from 3.1.6. Then I had it load a
WindowsXPpe[sp3] VDI (which also used GuestAdditions 3.1.6), and it also
ran fine.

From within both VDI's, my wi-fi adapter was bridged. In the case of
Ubuntu it became 'eth1' in the case of Windows it became 'Local Area
Connection'

So far the only thing I notice slightly out of kilter was when I
switched to 1600 * 1200 resolution under Ubuntu I need to reboot the VM.
The Windows VM did not require a reboot to go to full screen at 1600 *
1200. A single reboot of the VM is no big deal since I rarely use a VM
in full screen mode.

Ciao . . . C.Joseph

"When one asks for too much . . .
one always ends up with too little."
-- Thomas Paine
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