[olug] Virtualization Questions

[Adam Lassek]

VirtualBox is by far the best free option. VMWare Server works, but it's a
pain to use. It's not meant for workstation-type use. You have to use a
browser plugin to open the console, and there is not very good desktop
integration. With VBox, it actually supports seamless mode in linux. I've
used this as a development environment for more than a year with great
success.

You're missing the kernel drivers package, it should be called
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.xx-xx-generic or something like that. In fact I
would recommend removing that version and downloading the latest package
from virtualbox.org instead. They provide .debs for Ubuntu and it should
include the driver.

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Joe Gulizia <jrguliz at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm looking at adding a Windows XP virtualizatiion to my work linux machine
> (Kubuntu 9.04)...
>
> I have Windows XP Home on one disk drive and Kubuntu on another hard drive.
>
> Is there a way to get the Windows XP to display in a VM window?
>
> I've tried both VirtualBox -ose (which gives and error...see below) and
> Qemu which gives me several options....don't know which Windows file to call
> up for sure.
>
>
> Googling hasn't given me much luck unless I'm not reading correctly or not
> finding the correct links (help appreciated on any links)
>
> I can access the "C", "C0", "C1" and "D" drives from within "/media" if
> that helps.
>
>
> Here's the VirtualBox error:
>
> Virtual Box gives me the following error messages:
>
> PROMPT BOX ONE:
>
> Title:  VirtualBox - Error
>
>
> Virtual machine 'Virtual' has terminated unexpectedly during startup.
>
>
> Result Code:
> NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
> Component:
> Machine
> Interface:
> IMachine {ea6fb7ea-1993-4642-b113-f29eb39e0df0}
>
> PROMPT BOX TWO:
>
> Title:  VirtualBox -  Error in suplibOsInit
>
>
> VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (rc=-1908)
>
> The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there
> is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Re-setup the kernel module by
> executing
>
> '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'
>
> as root. Users of Ubuntu or Fedora should install the DKMS package at
> first. This package keeps track of Linux kernel changes and recompiles the
> vboxdrv kernel module if necessary.
>
> I cannot find 'vboxdrv' in /etc/init.d
>
>
> I also tryed QEMU but it brought up my Windows drives and I'm not sure what
> directory or file to call up to load them... instead of dual booting I'd
> like to run them virtual if possible since they are already set up.
>
> I will be reading documentation as well as the virtualization article by
> Marcel Gagne in the latest Ubuntu User magazine.Thanks in advance,
> Joe
>
>
>
>
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