[vbox-users] VBox doesn;t work with 'kvm' loaded
Hello all,
I have got the Linux 'kvm' module loaded. When I start VBox I get this message:
VirtualBox can't operate in VMX root mode. Please disable the KVM
kernel extension, recompile your kernel and reboot
(VERR_VMX_IN_VMX_ROOT_MODE).
Result Code:
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {e3c6d4a1-a935-47ca-b16d-f9e9c496e53e}
Is it because of the fact that when vboxdrv was compiled, the 'kvm'
was not loaded?
BTW, I can rmmod the kvm and work with VBox.
Best,
Amit
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Re: [vbox-users] VBox doesn;t work with 'kvm' loaded
Amit, On Wednesday 04 February 2009, Amit k. Saha wrote: I have got the Linux 'kvm' module loaded. When I start VBox I get this message: VirtualBox can't operate in VMX root mode. Please disable the KVM kernel extension, recompile your kernel and reboot (VERR_VMX_IN_VMX_ROOT_MODE). [...] Is it because of the fact that when vboxdrv was compiled, the 'kvm' was not loaded? No. The problem is that the kvm modules change the operating mode of the host CPU (the so-called root mode), even if the modules are only loaded but not really used. VirtualBox cannot work in that mode. To use the root mode, this mode has to be initialized by VirtualBox itself, not by any other instance. Kind regards, Frank -- Dr.-Ing. Frank MehnertSun Microsystemshttp://www.sun.com/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Fail to start the xVM created by clonehd
On Wednesday 04 February 2009, Rilawich Ango wrote: Hi all, host: Linux (CentOS 5.2) guest (a): Linux (fedora 10) I create a new guest (a) without problem. After that I use VBoxMange clonehd to clone that Virtual Hard Disk. Then I create a new guest (b) using that cloned Virtual Hard Disk. I start b but there is not response with keeping a black screen. Anyone know what the problem is? Any log file that I can check the problem? Which VBox version did you use to create the clone? There is a fix in VirtualBox 2.1.2 which should address your issue. Kind regards, Frank -- Dr.-Ing. Frank MehnertSun Microsystemshttp://www.sun.com/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?
Any good operating system lets you control the hardware clock. So you can control it within the VM just as you would normally. On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 03:53:21 -0200 fcassia fcas...@gmail.com wrote: I have invested a lot of time and effort in getting certain beta software working. :-) I wonder if it'd be possible to have Virtualbox lie the date (hardware clock) to the VM so it's always operating on the same date? Thanks, FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?
If you have guest additions installed it will synch your guest clock automatically. There is no GUI option to disable this but should work with command line or direct edit to vm config. Peter 2009/2/4, Robin Green gree...@greenrd.org: Any good operating system lets you control the hardware clock. So you can control it within the VM just as you would normally. On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 03:53:21 -0200 fcassia fcas...@gmail.com wrote: I have invested a lot of time and effort in getting certain beta software working. :-) I wonder if it'd be possible to have Virtualbox lie the date (hardware clock) to the VM so it's always operating on the same date? Thanks, FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Robin Green gree...@greenrd.org wrote: Any good operating system lets you control the hardware clock. So you can control it within the VM just as you would normally. No I meant on a per-application basis. So that the rest of the system can have the correct time and date but a VM can run on a given date. FC -- Dream of the Daily Mail It is the Holy Grail And then the BBC Your life would be complete -Manic Street Preachers, Royal Correspondent ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] best method for virus scanning
On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 09:11 +, Peter Ford wrote: I'm currently working on improving my original solution to the problem of viewing VDIs outside of VBox - I ran a Vbox using a lightweight Linux distro on a live disk image (a Damn Small Linux ISO works quite well) and then mounting the VDI as a hard drive to do maintenance (eg. virus scanning) on it. One major drawback is that you can't use the VDI this way if it's still attached to another VBox... You know, the VBox source is open. There is no reason someone could not extract the VDI interpretation code from it and write a filesystem driver (userspace -- i.e. fuse, or kernel) to interpret and mount it without all of the overhead of a complete virtual machine. Given that VBox reads vmdk files, same thing could be said about that I'd guess. Given that VBox reads vmdk files, I wonder why VDI exists even. It would be nice to see a common standard emerge to describe the format of a virtual hard disk that all VM technology could/should use, so that way virtual disks are portable to different VM technology. Heck, I don't know why everyone isn't just using a flat (i.e. dd'able) image. :-) b. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:04 PM, fcassia fcas...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Frank Mehnert frank.mehn...@sun.com wrote: On Wednesday 04 February 2009, fcassia wrote: I have invested a lot of time and effort in getting certain beta software working. :-) I wonder if it'd be possible to have Virtualbox lie the date (hardware clock) to the VM so it's always operating on the same date? Currently you can only set an offset to the guest time, see VBoxManage modifyvm VM_NAME -biossystemtimeoffset Time but not date... OK. In any case it'd be easy to add a fake clock to the VM right? just intercept calls to the hardware clock and return whatever user-selected fixed value for the date... Or perhaps there's a tool on Linux to fake the system time on a per-process basis? Something like what this does in perl? http://search.cpan.org/~rosulek/Time-Fake-0.11/lib/Time/Fake.pm FC Datefudge perhaps? http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=429467 FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] VBox doesn;t work with 'kvm' loaded
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Frank Mehnert frank.mehn...@sun.com wrote: Amit, On Wednesday 04 February 2009, Amit k. Saha wrote: I have got the Linux 'kvm' module loaded. When I start VBox I get this message: VirtualBox can't operate in VMX root mode. Please disable the KVM kernel extension, recompile your kernel and reboot (VERR_VMX_IN_VMX_ROOT_MODE). [...] Is it because of the fact that when vboxdrv was compiled, the 'kvm' was not loaded? No. The problem is that the kvm modules change the operating mode of the host CPU (the so-called root mode), even if the modules are only loaded but not really used. VirtualBox cannot work in that mode. To use the root mode, this mode has to be initialized by VirtualBox itself, not by any other instance. Hmm..How to do that? Best regards, -Amit Kind regards, Frank -- Dr.-Ing. Frank MehnertSun Microsystemshttp://www.sun.com/ ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users -- Amit Kumar Saha http://amitksaha.blogspot.com http://amitsaha.in.googlepages.com/ *Bangalore Open Java Users Group*:http:www.bojug.in ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:06 PM, fcassia fcas...@gmail.com wrote: Datefudge perhaps? http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=429467 This looks better. Sorry for answering myself. Libfaketime - Changing what time a process thinks it is http://www.linux.com/feature/147801 FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] VBox doesn;t work with 'kvm' loaded
Hi Amit, Am Mittwoch, den 04.02.2009, 19:36 +0530 schrieb Amit k. Saha: On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Frank Mehnert frank.mehn...@sun.com wrote: Amit, On Wednesday 04 February 2009, Amit k. Saha wrote: I have got the Linux 'kvm' module loaded. When I start VBox I get this message: VirtualBox can't operate in VMX root mode. Please disable the KVM kernel extension, recompile your kernel and reboot (VERR_VMX_IN_VMX_ROOT_MODE). [...] Is it because of the fact that when vboxdrv was compiled, the 'kvm' was not loaded? No. The problem is that the kvm modules change the operating mode of the host CPU (the so-called root mode), even if the modules are only loaded but not really used. VirtualBox cannot work in that mode. To use the root mode, this mode has to be initialized by VirtualBox itself, not by any other instance. Hmm..How to do that? Best regards, -Amit This depends on the distribution you have but on most it is enough to do rmmod kvm-intel as root. Kind regards, Alexander Eichner ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?
On Wednesday 04 February 2009, fcassia wrote: On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Frank Mehnert frank.mehn...@sun.com wrote: On Wednesday 04 February 2009, fcassia wrote: I have invested a lot of time and effort in getting certain beta software working. :-) I wonder if it'd be possible to have Virtualbox lie the date (hardware clock) to the VM so it's always operating on the same date? Currently you can only set an offset to the guest time, see VBoxManage modifyvm VM_NAME -biossystemtimeoffset Time but not date... OK. No, time _and_ date. In any case it'd be easy to add a fake clock to the VM right? just intercept calls to the hardware clock and return whatever user-selected fixed value for the date... This is the same we already doing with the time offset. The only problem for you is that you had to re-calculate the offset again once you start the VM. And no, you really don't want a clock which returns the same time at any time. The guest would most probably complain. Kind regards, Frank -- Dr.-Ing. Frank MehnertSun Microsystemshttp://www.sun.com/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?
On Wednesday 04 February 2009, fcassia wrote: I have invested a lot of time and effort in getting certain beta software working. :-) I wonder if it'd be possible to have Virtualbox lie the date (hardware clock) to the VM so it's always operating on the same date? Currently you can only set an offset to the guest time, see VBoxManage modifyvm VM_NAME -biossystemtimeoffset Kind regards, Frank -- Dr.-Ing. Frank MehnertSun Microsystemshttp://www.sun.com/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] VBox doesn;t work with 'kvm' loaded
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Alexander Eichner alexander.eich...@sun.com wrote: Hi Amit, Am Mittwoch, den 04.02.2009, 19:36 +0530 schrieb Amit k. Saha: On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Frank Mehnert frank.mehn...@sun.com wrote: Amit, On Wednesday 04 February 2009, Amit k. Saha wrote: I have got the Linux 'kvm' module loaded. When I start VBox I get this message: VirtualBox can't operate in VMX root mode. Please disable the KVM kernel extension, recompile your kernel and reboot (VERR_VMX_IN_VMX_ROOT_MODE). [...] Is it because of the fact that when vboxdrv was compiled, the 'kvm' was not loaded? No. The problem is that the kvm modules change the operating mode of the host CPU (the so-called root mode), even if the modules are only loaded but not really used. VirtualBox cannot work in that mode. To use the root mode, this mode has to be initialized by VirtualBox itself, not by any other instance. Hmm..How to do that? Best regards, -Amit This depends on the distribution you have but on most it is enough to do rmmod kvm-intel as root. I have done that :-) and got it to work .. I was wondering if there was a way to tweak VirtualBox to use the root mode, as Frank earlier mentioned.. Thanks! -Amit Kind regards, Alexander Eichner ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users -- Amit Kumar Saha http://amitksaha.blogspot.com http://amitsaha.in.googlepages.com/ *Bangalore Open Java Users Group*:http:www.bojug.in ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] best method for virus scanning
On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 15:13 +0100, Fabien Meghazi wrote: Heck, I don't know why everyone isn't just using a flat (i.e. dd'able) image. :-) That would mean fixed sized image I guess. Better for performance, but I guess a lot of people need the growable feature. Indeed. It has limitations. Hence the smiley. But even a flat image can be growable if you start it out sparse. I used to do that with UML. b. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Frank Mehnert frank.mehn...@sun.com wrote: On Wednesday 04 February 2009, fcassia wrote: On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Frank Mehnert frank.mehn...@sun.com wrote: On Wednesday 04 February 2009, fcassia wrote: I have invested a lot of time and effort in getting certain beta software working. :-) I wonder if it'd be possible to have Virtualbox lie the date (hardware clock) to the VM so it's always operating on the same date? Currently you can only set an offset to the guest time, see VBoxManage modifyvm VM_NAME -biossystemtimeoffset Time but not date... OK. No, time _and_ date. In any case it'd be easy to add a fake clock to the VM right? just intercept calls to the hardware clock and return whatever user-selected fixed value for the date... This is the same we already doing with the time offset. The only problem for you is that you had to re-calculate the offset again once you start the VM. And no, you really don't want a clock which returns the same time at any time. The guest would most probably complain. How about the same date? ie, on 23:59 the clock turns back to 00:00 of the same date. :-) FC -- Dream of the Daily Mail It is the Holy Grail And then the BBC Your life would be complete -Manic Street Preachers, Royal Correspondent ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?
On Wednesday 04 February 2009 at 12:36 pm, fcassia penned about Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM? How about the same date? ie, on 23:59 the clock turns back to 00:00 of the same date. :-) Just thinking aloud ... perhaps leveraging day light savings time. This way the computer keeps going back between two days and we know that's already tested. Cheers, -- Pablo Sanchez - Blueoak Database Engineering, Inc Ph:819.459.1926 Fax: 760.860.5225 (US) ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
[vbox-users] Error were encountered while processing 2.1_2.1.2
I have been using Innotek Virtualbox version 1.5.6 successfully for a long time, on Ubuntu 8.0.4 Yesterday I decided to upgrade to version 2.1-2.1., since it was in Synaptics. After selecting the download and proceeded to apply, Synaptic asked me to remove vs 1.5.6 first before installing 2.1-2.1, I agreed to apply. The download went on and started the installation when mid way it stopped and the following Error poped out:Error were encountered while processing: E: /var/cache/apt/archives/virtualbox-2.1_2.1.2-41885%5fUbuntu%5fhardy_i386.deb: trying to overwrite `/lib/modules/2.6.24-23-386/misc/vboxdrv.ko', which is also in package virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-23-386 I couldnt understand why using Synaptic Package I was getting an error so I searched Ubuntu Forums and I found this Link: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-install-virtualbox-21-in-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex804-hardy-heron.html I followed all steps and I reached to : sudo apt-get install virtualbox-2.1 which proceeded until... The following NEW packages will be installed: virtualbox-2.1 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 18 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/37.9MB of archives. After this operation, 77.8MB of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 514416 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking virtualbox-2.1 (from .../virtualbox-2.1_2.1.2-41885%5fUbuntu%5fhardy_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/virtualbox-2.1_2.1.2-41885%5fUbuntu%5fhardy_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/lib/modules/2.6.24-23-386/misc/vboxdrv.ko', which is also in package virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-23-386 dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/virtualbox-2.1_2.1.2-41885%5fUbuntu%5fhardy_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) It seems to me the same error, which I really dont understand. I lost version 1.5.6 and I am left with an error. Can I have help please. Much Obliged, Victor ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] VBox doesn;t work with 'kvm' loaded
Alexander Eichner wrote: Hi Amit, Am Mittwoch, den 04.02.2009, 19:36 +0530 schrieb Amit k. Saha: On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Frank Mehnert frank.mehn...@sun.com wrote: Amit, On Wednesday 04 February 2009, Amit k. Saha wrote: I have got the Linux 'kvm' module loaded. When I start VBox I get this message: VirtualBox can't operate in VMX root mode. Please disable the KVM kernel extension, recompile your kernel and reboot (VERR_VMX_IN_VMX_ROOT_MODE). [...] Is it because of the fact that when vboxdrv was compiled, the 'kvm' was not loaded? No. The problem is that the kvm modules change the operating mode of the host CPU (the so-called root mode), even if the modules are only loaded but not really used. VirtualBox cannot work in that mode. To use the root mode, this mode has to be initialized by VirtualBox itself, not by any other instance. Hmm..How to do that? Best regards, -Amit This depends on the distribution you have but on most it is enough to do rmmod kvm-intel as root. Is it possible to insmod kvm-intel after starting VirtualBox, so that you have both kvm and VirtualBox (without using cpu virtualisation extensions) virtual machines on the same host? Alternatively, is it possible to run VirtualBox within a kvm virtual machine? ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Error were encountered while processing 2.1_2.1.2
On Wednesday 04 February 2009, Victor Vahe Kevorkian wrote: The download went on and started the installation when mid way it stopped and the following Error poped out:Error were encountered while processing: E: /var/cache/apt/archives/virtualbox-2.1_2.1.2-41885%5fUbuntu%5fhardy_i386.de b: trying to overwrite `/lib/modules/2.6.24-23-386/misc/vboxdrv.ko', which is also in package virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-23-386 That means that you are trying to install the PUEL package (contributed by Sun) but still have some module package of your distribution installed. I couldnt understand why using Synaptic Package I was getting an error so I searched Ubuntu Forums and I found this Link: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-install-virtualbox-21-in-ubuntu-810-intrep id-ibex804-hardy-heron.html I followed all steps and I reached to : sudo apt-get install virtualbox-2.1 which proceeded until... The following NEW packages will be installed: virtualbox-2.1 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 18 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/37.9MB of archives. After this operation, 77.8MB of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 514416 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking virtualbox-2.1 (from .../virtualbox-2.1_2.1.2-41885%5fUbuntu%5fhardy_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/virtualbox-2.1_2.1.2-41885%5fUbuntu%5fhardy_i386.de b (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/lib/modules/2.6.24-23-386/misc/vboxdrv.ko', which is also in package virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-23-386 dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/virtualbox-2.1_2.1.2-41885%5fUbuntu%5fhardy_i386.de b E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) It seems to me the same error, which I really dont understand. I lost version 1.5.6 and I am left with an error. Please do the following: sudo dpkg --purge virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-23-386 Search in your synaptic installer for any further packages named virtualbox-* something. Please purge these packages as well. After that, install the virtualbox-2.1 package again. Kind regards, Frank -- Dr.-Ing. Frank MehnertSun Microsystemshttp://www.sun.com/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Graham Campbell gc1...@optonline.net wrote: Guys, Think about the implications for a file system if system time is not monotonic increasing. Graham In a properly designed OS there shold be no consequence. I can go in XP or Linux and adjust the clock 4500 times per day back and forth if I want to. Or are you telling me that people whom travel to a different time zone do not roll back their system clock? FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?
On Thursday 05 February 2009, fcassia wrote: Or are you telling me that people whom travel to a different time zone do not roll back their system clock? Not if they're using a proper OS like Linux... ;-) ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?
Frans Pop wrote: On Thursday 05 February 2009, fcassia wrote: Or are you telling me that people whom travel to a different time zone do not roll back their system clock? Not if they're using a proper OS like Linux... ;-) My system clock does not even change for things like daylight savings time. (The displayed time changes, but not the system clock.) If I am going to be in another time zone for a while with my laptop, I change the time zone setting, not the system clock. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson mik...@infinity-ltd.com wrote: Frans Pop wrote: On Thursday 05 February 2009, fcassia wrote: Or are you telling me that people whom travel to a different time zone do not roll back their system clock? Not if they're using a proper OS like Linux... ;-) My system clock does not even change for things like daylight savings time. (The displayed time changes, but not the system clock.) If I am going to be in another time zone for a while with my laptop, I change the time zone setting, not the system clock. On WinXP, go to the clock, double click, change the time, there, you have adjusted system time. why should there be any consequence on file systems for that matter? It's not like the filesystem crashes and burns Maybe you will get files with different dates, but that's about it. The OS should not care about the file dates on the filesystem, AFAIK it's totally possible to run a system with Jan-1-1980 in teh system clocks (like happened with old PCs with dead batteries on the mobos, the system clock is always reset on power down). FC ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
