Thus spake Jon Jermey: > I did try and get around that by having > VirtualBox start up and load virtualised Windows XP when the server was > switched on, but it all got too complicated and we had reliability > problems.
VirtualBox isn't really designed for headless server operation. Though VBoxHeadless exists, I'd recommend using libvirt [0] instead to avoid having to reinvent the wheel. > And I can't help thinking that Linux would benefit from something like > the Windows Network Setup Wizard and the Tools/Map Network Drive option > in the Windows Explorer -- both of which have been around for well over > ten years now. The Network Setup Wizard doesn't do anything other than set your hostname/workgroup and configure your IP address. Not only that, but Microsoft themselves evidently removed the feature -- at least my Windows 7 system doesn't have it. (No, the "Set up a new connection or network" is completely unrelated.) What functionality that the wizard provides were you specifically after? And as for Tools > Map Network Drive, whatever is wrong with Places > Connect to Server? [0] https://help.ubuntu.com/11.04/serverguide/C/libvirt.html
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