[vbox-users] Split VDI in 2GB files

2008-03-20 Thread c . monty
Hi! Due to some OS restraints or to transport a VM on external media it would make sense to split the VDI into 2 GB files independant of the total size. Is this feasible? Regards, Thomas ___ Jetzt neu! Schützen Sie Ihren PC mit

[vbox-users] Using shared folders breaks X windows permissions

2008-03-20 Thread Ambrose Laing
Hi, I'm trying to set up a Linux Kubuntu 7.10 guest on a Windows XP Pro SP2 Host using VirtualBox 1.5.6. I need to set up a shared folder and I'm using a command like this: $ sudo mount -t vboxsf -o uid=1234,gid=1234 sharename /home and it works because I am able to open up text files on the

Re: [vbox-users] Split VDI in 2GB files

2008-03-20 Thread JD
If raid controllers (AND LVM) can concatenate multiple drives or partitions into a logical drive, i don't see why the vbox engine could not do the same - present a drive to the guest OS which is a logical drive made up of a collection of vdi drives. Regards, JD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi!

Re: [vbox-users] Split VDI in 2GB files

2008-03-20 Thread JD
I think a member of the LVM team at any distro could probably take the concatenation driver portion out of LVM and port it into the VBOX engine. But alas, if vbox team is going to obviate this issue, then why bother? Cheers, JD Brian J. Murrell wrote: On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 08:29 -0700, JD

Re: [vbox-users] Split VDI in 2GB files

2008-03-20 Thread Pablo Sanchez
On Thursday 20 March 2008 at 12:35 pm, Brian J. Murrell penned about Re: [vbox-users] Split VDI in 2GB files On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 08:29 -0700, JD wrote: If raid controllers (AND LVM) can concatenate multiple drives or partitions into a logical drive, i don't see why the vbox engine could

Re: [vbox-users] Split VDI in 2GB files

2008-03-20 Thread Brian J. Murrell
On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 10:03 -0700, JD wrote: I think a member of the LVM team at any distro could probably take the concatenation driver portion out of LVM and port it into the VBOX engine. But why would they? This is not really their itch is it? But alas, if vbox team is going to obviate

Re: [vbox-users] Split VDI in 2GB files

2008-03-20 Thread Pablo Sanchez
On Thursday 20 March 2008 at 1:15 pm, Brian J. Murrell penned about Re: [vbox-users] Split VDI in 2GB files On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 13:11 -0400, Pablo Sanchez wrote: Have you submitted RFE's for each? If not, it's the only way to get them up for review. Well, my most pressing issue is

Re: [vbox-users] Split VDI in 2GB files

2008-03-20 Thread JD
I had actually submitted a similar problem that was occurring during when the guest OS was fedora 8 i386 and host is Fedora 7 x86_64. almost 90% of cpu was being consumed. However this problem is not manifesting when the guest OS is windows xp. So, I simply chalked it off to someting the guest

[vbox-users] Problems with video driver

2008-03-20 Thread Christian
Hi all, I am running VirtualBox under Linux and have installed Windows XP as the guest OS. However, there seem to be problems with proper video driver under Windows. Any ideas on how to solve this? Many thanks, Christian ___ vbox-users mailing list

Re: [vbox-users] Problems with video driver

2008-03-20 Thread JD
Did you install the guest add-on on windows guest and then reboot? Christian wrote: Hi all, I am running VirtualBox under Linux and have installed Windows XP as the guest OS. However, there seem to be problems with proper video driver under Windows. Any ideas on how to solve this? Many

Re: [vbox-users] Problems with video driver

2008-03-20 Thread Christian
HiI haven't seen this. How do i install that? -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: JD [EMAIL PROTECTED] Till: VirtualBox end user list vbox-users@virtualbox.org Skickat: 08-03-20 20:04 Ämne: Re: [vbox-users] Problems with video driver Did you install the guest add-on on windows guest and

Re: [vbox-users] Problems with video driver

2008-03-20 Thread JD
Once you boot windows, login to windows and do nothing more there. Next On the top title bar of the guest display, you should see a tab called Devices Click on Devices, and near the bottonm , select the addons This will make vbox prent to windows a dynamically plugged in (pluf-and-play storage

Re: [vbox-users] Problems with video driver

2008-03-20 Thread Christian
Hi JD, Many thanks for your reply. Since I am starting the vm from the gnome-terminal with VirtualBoxSL is it possible to start the installation of addons from the command line as well? Many thanks, Christian tor 2008-03-20 klockan 13:31 -0700 skrev JD: Once you boot windows, login to windows

Re: [vbox-users] Problems with video driver

2008-03-20 Thread Gregory Nowak
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Yes. I've only done this from a windows host, but the procedure should be the same 1. Start your vm. 2. On the host's command-line, type something like: vboxmanage controlvm vmname dvdattach vboxguestadditions.iso where vmname is the name of your

Re: [vbox-users] Problems with video driver

2008-03-20 Thread JD
Why would you want to? If windows XP gets booted, (and it MUST be booted and log'ed into in order for you to install the addons), then use the Devices tab and be done with it. Seems to me you are making yourself unhappy by not following the the info being given. Christian wrote: Hi JD, Many

Re: [vbox-users] Problems with video driver

2008-03-20 Thread Christian
Hi, Because I am using Orca, a screen reader for Gnome and VirtualBox GUI is not accessible with Orca. Christian On 2008-03-20 at 17:10 JD wrote: Why would you want to? If windows XP gets booted, (and it MUST be booted and log'ed into in order for you to install the addons), then use the