[vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-11 Thread Amit k. Saha
Hi! Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances from http://virtualbox.wordpress.com? I am trying one of the DSL images with VirtualBox 2.0 and this is what I get: VBoxManage registervm /home/amit/Desktop/dsl-4.4.2-x86/Machines/dsl-4.4.2-x86/dsl-4.4.2-x86.xml VirtualBox Command Line Managem

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-11 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Amit k. Saha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi! > > Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances from > http://virtualbox.wordpress.com? > > I am trying one of the DSL images with VirtualBox 2.0 and this is what I > get: > > VBoxManage registervm > /home/amit/Des

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-11 Thread Amit k. Saha
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Fernando Cassia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Amit k. Saha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> Hi! >> >> Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances from >> http://virtualbox.wordpress.com? >> >> I am trying one of the DSL im

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-11 Thread Amit k. Saha
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:38 PM, Amit k. Saha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Fernando Cassia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Amit k. Saha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi! >>> >>> Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appl

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-11 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Amit k. Saha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Create a new VM using the Virtualbox GUI, set it as Linux as the guest OS > > (on the drop-down), and then point it to the downloaded file. Should > work... > > You mean the VDI ? > The VDI is a virtual disk image. The f

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-11 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Amit k. Saha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > > If yes, then how do I create a VM using the above two files using > VBoxManage? > > > I got my answer- you cannot use a config file meant for OS-1 on OS-2 > > Thanks, > Amit > I don't think the config file is reall

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-11 Thread Amit k. Saha
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:47 PM, Fernando Cassia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Amit k. Saha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> > >> > If yes, then how do I create a VM using the above two files using >> > VBoxManage? >> >> >> I got my answer- you cannot use a co

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-11 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Amit k. Saha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > The very concept of Virtual appliance is that you *don't* have to > create a new configuration or a new VM which in VBox terms is using > the existing XML file. The problem is that VirtualBox does not (to my knowledge)

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-11 Thread Amit k. Saha
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 8:13 PM, Fernando Cassia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Amit k. Saha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> The very concept of Virtual appliance is that you *don't* have to >> create a new configuration or a new VM which in VBox terms is usin

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-11 Thread David Baron
I downloaded a couple. Since I never got my own ReactOS install to run on vbox, I took that one. 1. I cannot create a new VM to use this vdi because it is already registered. 2. I have no way that I know of to get a preexisting entry into the programs ~/.VirtualBox xml file to use the reactos ..

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-11 Thread Grant McWilliams
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:25 AM, David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I downloaded a couple. Since I never got my own ReactOS install to run on > vbox, I took that one. > > 1. I cannot create a new VM to use this vdi because it is already > registered. > Make sure the vdi doesn't belong to a

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-11 Thread David Baron
On Friday 12 September 2008 00:50:44 Grant McWilliams wrote: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:25 AM, David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I downloaded a couple. Since I never got my own ReactOS install to run on > > vbox, I took that one. > > > > 1. I cannot create a new VM to use this vdi becaus

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-12 Thread Grant McWilliams
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:42 PM, David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 12 September 2008 00:50:44 Grant McWilliams wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:25 AM, David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I downloaded a couple. Since I never got my own ReactOS install to run > on >

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-12 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Grant McWilliams < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Friday 12 September 2008 00:50:44 Grant McWilliams wrote: >> > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:25 AM, David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > > I downloaded a couple. Since I never got my own ReactOS install

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-13 Thread Amit k. Saha
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 12:56 AM, Fernando Cassia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Grant McWilliams > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> On Friday 12 September 2008 00:50:44 Grant McWilliams wrote: >>> > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:25 AM, David Baron <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-13 Thread Amit k. Saha
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Fernando Cassia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 6:32 AM, Amit k. Saha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> There could be a variety of reasons. >> >> For one, if you try to use the existing XML file, then you will run >> into problems if your Ho

Re: [vbox-users] Has anyone tried using the VirtualBox appliances?

2008-09-13 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 6:32 AM, Amit k. Saha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There could be a variety of reasons. > > For one, if you try to use the existing XML file, then you will run > into problems if your Host OS is *not* the same as the one it was > created on. > > -Amit > I guess, then, th