Re: Which Windows for Virtual Box ? (F16, USB, etc)
On 04/26/2012 06:34 PM, Claude Jones wrote: On 04/25/2012 06:10 PM, Steven Stern wrote: I'm using Windows XP in Virtual Box, mainly because I had a spare license for it. I give it 1.0GB and it does OK. surely, you must mean 10GB - I just spent considerable time yesterday struggling with space issues on two XP VMs that had been allotted 10 GB - unless the OP is really struggling with space issues and is absolutely certain they will never install much on their XP VMs, I would recommend 15 GB allocations - hard drive space is cheap 1GB (memory) and 30GB (disk). -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Which Windows for Virtual Box ? (F16, USB, etc)
On 4/27/2012 8:54 AM, Steven Stern wrote: On 04/26/2012 06:34 PM, Claude Jones wrote: On 04/25/2012 06:10 PM, Steven Stern wrote: I'm using Windows XP in Virtual Box, mainly because I had a spare license for it. I give it 1.0GB and it does OK. surely, you must mean 10GB - I just spent considerable time yesterday struggling with space issues on two XP VMs that had been allotted 10 GB - unless the OP is really struggling with space issues and is absolutely certain they will never install much on their XP VMs, I would recommend 15 GB allocations - hard drive space is cheap 1GB (memory) and 30GB (disk) Just as you can add 'additional hard drives' to a real computer you can add multiple VM 'drives' to a Virtualbox VM system. Windows XP, for this example could have a C:\, and a D:\, and an E:\, etc. Saving one slot for the optical drive of course. :-) -- David -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Which Windows for Virtual Box ? (F16, USB, etc)
I've tested all Windows versions from XP to Win 7 in virtual box. don't have any problems with all of them. Also under wine you can install ie6, ie7. sometime https doesn't work well. ms office until 2007 version works well under wine also. except access and visio. at least on my side. On 26 April 2012 00:05, linux guy linuxguy...@gmail.com wrote: I have a few proprietary Windows only applications that I need to run from time to time. These applications require access to USB port peripherals. I'm running F16 on a Dell XPS17 i7, 16 GB, etc. I'm hoping to get these applications running in Windows in VB. Which version of Windows should I install ? Any other tips ? Thanks ! -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Which Windows for Virtual Box ? (F16, USB, etc)
On 04/25/2012 06:10 PM, Steven Stern wrote: I'm using Windows XP in Virtual Box, mainly because I had a spare license for it. I give it 1.0GB and it does OK. surely, you must mean 10GB - I just spent considerable time yesterday struggling with space issues on two XP VMs that had been allotted 10 GB - unless the OP is really struggling with space issues and is absolutely certain they will never install much on their XP VMs, I would recommend 15 GB allocations - hard drive space is cheap -- Claude Jones Brunswick, MD, USA -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Which Windows for Virtual Box ? (F16, USB, etc)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/26/2012 06:34 PM, Claude Jones wrote: On 04/25/2012 06:10 PM, Steven Stern wrote: I'm using Windows XP in Virtual Box, mainly because I had a spare license for it. I give it 1.0GB and it does OK. surely, you must mean 10GB - I just spent considerable time yesterday struggling with space issues on two XP VMs that had been allotted 10 GB - unless the OP is really struggling with space issues and is absolutely certain they will never install much on their XP VMs, I would recommend 15 GB allocations - hard drive space is cheap I think Steven was talking about memory, not drive size. Depending on the amount of system memory, you may want to increase that. As far as disk space, you may want to create another virtual drive that you can connect to the XP VMs. I have a 50 GB drive just for media files. Mikkel - -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk+Z38QACgkQqbQrVW3JyMTUkwCeMv+2hQBOF16aABkTXKh+lbS+ tbgAniAUzeV9a/n2tfxT7bufJagKENbg =g2Tb -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Which Windows for Virtual Box ? (F16, USB, etc)
I have a few proprietary Windows only applications that I need to run from time to time. These applications require access to USB port peripherals. I'm running F16 on a Dell XPS17 i7, 16 GB, etc. I'm hoping to get these applications running in Windows in VB. Which version of Windows should I install ? Any other tips ? Thanks ! -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Which Windows for Virtual Box ? (F16, USB, etc)
On 04/25/2012 05:05 PM, linux guy wrote: I have a few proprietary Windows only applications that I need to run from time to time. These applications require access to USB port peripherals. I'm running F16 on a Dell XPS17 i7, 16 GB, etc. I'm hoping to get these applications running in Windows in VB. Which version of Windows should I install ? Any other tips ? Thanks ! I'm using Windows XP in Virtual Box, mainly because I had a spare license for it. I give it 1.0GB and it does OK. Use VirtualBox from Oracle's repo, not the Fedora repos, so you can have USB support. -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Which Windows for Virtual Box ? (F16, USB, etc)
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Steven Stern subscribed-li...@sterndata.com wrote: I'm using Windows XP in Virtual Box, mainly because I had a spare license for it. I give it 1.0GB and it does OK. Thanks for sharing that. I was leaning toward XP. Which version of XP ? Use VirtualBox from Oracle's repo, not the Fedora repos, so you can have USB support. Please tell me more. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Which Windows for Virtual Box ? (F16, USB, etc)
From here: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Which Windows for Virtual Box ? (F16, USB, etc)
On 04/25/2012 05:17 PM, linux guy wrote: From here: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads Scroll down to the very bottom for info about setting it up with Yum. -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Which Windows for Virtual Box ? (F16, USB, etc)
On 04/25/2012 05:16 PM, linux guy wrote: On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Steven Stern subscribed-li...@sterndata.com wrote: I'm using Windows XP in Virtual Box, mainly because I had a spare license for it. Â I give it 1.0GB Â and it does OK. Thanks for sharing that. I was leaning toward XP. Which version of XP ? Use VirtualBox from Oracle's repo, not the Fedora repos, so you can have USB support. Please tell me more. It's XP Pro. Back in the day, I bought a partner package for $400 from Microsoft because it gave me a bunch of licenses for XP, Office 2007 and, in fact, all Microsoft products including the various server products. The reason I have the XP virtual machine is so I can use the Office stuff when necessary and to be able to test websites with Inertnet Explorer. -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
