hirohitosan Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Hi there. For many reasons I want to run some Windows programs (Office 2007, CorelDraw, etc.) on my Mandriva Box. I tried to install Office 2007 through wine but couldn't succeed. Anyway I succeed with Office 2003. Now I want to try to install WinXP on my Mandriva with a virtual machine. In MCC I search for VBox and I got dkms-virtualbox - VirtualBox OSE kernel module Version: 2.0.2-2mdv2009.0. I don't know if this is the package for running Sun VirtualBox? Do you know some other VM that can be run in Mandriva? Thanks [moved from Software by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkerr82508 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Now I want to try to install WinXP on my Mandriva with a virtual machine. In MCC I search for VBox and I got dkms-virtualbox - VirtualBox OSE kernel module Version: 2.0.2-2mdv2009.0. I don't know if this is the package for running Sun VirtualBox? The Mandriva package is virtualbox-2.0.2-2mdv2009.0. If you have set up on-line media, then installing this package will also install any required dependencies. The Mandriva package is the open source version of Sun's VirtualBox. If you want to use USB devices within the VM then you will need the closed source version from the VirtualBox web site. There are other virtualisation applications that can be used on Mandriva, such as Vmware Server, but IMHO, VirtualBox is the easiest to set up and use. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hirohitosan Posted December 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 If you have set up on-line media, then installing this package will also install any required dependencies. thanks Jim Like media I have: PLF Free PLF Non-free Main Main updates Contrib Contrib Updates Non-free Non-free Updates Do I need something else? BTW ... If I go to MCC-> configure media -> add after a while I got: Unable to add medium, errors reported: ...retrieving failed: aria2 failed: exited with 1 unable to access the distribution medium (no media.cfg file found) Medium: Official2009.0- () I use proxy to connect to In. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkerr82508 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 thanks JimLike media I have: PLF Free PLF Non-free Main Main updates Contrib Contrib Updates Non-free Non-free Updates Do I need something else? Those are sufficient. However, I know nothing about using proxy servers. I'm sure someone else will. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Atavist Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Those are sufficient. However, I know nothing about using proxy servers. I'm sure someone else will. The virtual machine normally uses the host machine's connection. I don't think your proxy would be an issue within the VM. ---------------- Now playing: Jethro Tull - Aqualung via FoxyTunes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 If you use NAT at your VM machine, then all host settings will apply for the VM as well. The only issue is that the VM will not exist as a separate PC at your LAN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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