On 22-08-17, RavenLX wrote: > On 08/18/2017 10:25 AM, Dejan Jocic wrote: > > On 18-08-17, RavenLX wrote: > > > On 08/18/2017 09:14 AM, Sven Hartge wrote: > > > > RavenLX <rave...@sitesplace.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I always used the Oracle repo anyway because it was updated more > > > > > frequently. But I do wish that something could be worked out so that > > > > > it would be back in Debian. > > > > > > > > Highly unlikely, as Oracle behaves like this for all software released > > > > and distributed by them. > > > > > > > > Grüße, > > > > Sven. > > > > > > > > > > I wonder if there's a replacement for VirtualBox? I need something that > > > will > > > allow me to share a directory between host and virtual machine, and to be > > > able to go between both quickly (I don't have a dual-screen system - no > > > room > > > where I live for that). If I could find something that would work I'd > > > switch, I think. As for my friend, he would need far more features I guess > > > (I don't know what though). > > > > > > > qemu-kvm does not serve your needs? You can use it with GUI friendly > > virt-manager, or from command line. And switching between host and guest > > is switching between windows. As for shared directory, NFS? > > The shared directory has to be a directory on the host (ie. ext4 is what I'm > using). VirtualBox lets me share as many directories as I like and lets me > specify which ones. I think I tried qemu and kvm and didn't even know how to > use it or where to begin. I might have to revisit that sometime especially > if I get tired of VirtualBox. >
Hmm, I was curious to see if it can be done with qemu-kvm. It can and is not really hard. At least not with virt-manager, did not check on command line. Anyway, just as a note if you decide to use it. Once you make and open your VM, go to view, details, add hardware button, file system, select folder for source ( like /home/something on your host ), select folder for destination ( something on your guest like example ), then mount that example where you want on your guest. You just need to get right mount command, this is from qemu wiki: mount -t 9p -o trans=virtio [mount tag] [mount point] -oversion=9p2000.L Here is that page for further reading: http://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/9psetup And here is with bit less reading and illustrated from kvm: http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/9p_virtio Personally, I do not have use for shared files between host and guest, but hope that this can help you.