Virtual Machines

[Ted Hilts]

Alex Gabriel wrote:
> On the subject of virtual machines, what's the opinion of others here on the best program to use? I've tried VirtualBox with Ubuntu (GNOME and KDE), FreeBSD, and Ubuntu Server.
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> When I ran FreeBSD, there was no problem with boot following installation.  Ubuntu Server, though, just wouldn't boot. Installation proceeded as expected, but starting the virtual machine showed the boot process begin but couldn't complete.
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> I tested this quite a while ago, and thus details are sketchy, but that was my experience.
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> Do any of the subscribers here have any preferences or recommendations on running VM through Kubuntu?
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> I'm looking to configure a file server running through a VM on a laptop with Kubuntu 10.10 installed. The laptop doesn't allow me to shut off the display (thereby preventing image burn), otherwise I'd simply install Ubuntu Server directly to the hard disk drive.  I'm familiar with FreeBSD, (K)Ubuntu, and OpenSUSE as installation environments.
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> Any input would be greatly appreciated.
> Alex Gabriel
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> Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network
>   
Alex Gabriel

I use VirtualBox. The thing about all these machines is that they form 
an "internal network" not easily accessible to your network(s). For 
example I can't (or do not know how) to make one of the virtual machines 
go out on the internet and/or talk to one of the other machines in my 
LAN. This may just be my incompetance but I think one has to create a 
special "tunnel" to get the virtual machines talking to other machines 
on the LAN or INTERNET.

I've also had problems with the CURSOR situation and think it a bit 
clumsy. Part of the problem in this regard may be that the HOST for the 
virtual machines I set up was MS Windows. When I get more time away from 
the onslaugt of problems I will set up a LINUX VirtualBox HOST.

Have a nice day.

Thanks -- Ted Hilts