VirtualBox and VMware server in hardy?

[guy.thingy]

im thinking of booting my xp partition on hardy x64

so before i begin installing i would to know if anybody has tested virtualbox or vmware on hardy x64 bit and got it working with no trouble..


thank you, mind my username lol.

[Sand Lee]

Please see the sticky thread on VirtualBox. I have tried and tested it, however, there is one critical problem - once you've virtualized your partition, you can't bring it back. It will only be able to boot in virtualbox and not natively. This is because of the amount of hardware virtualbox changes to your install - ide controllers, video adapters, even your CPU.

Therefore I recommend trying out vmware - if been able to use an existing partition with no problem appearing afterwards on Hardy 32-bit. But, that's just my experience. I'm guessing your mileage will vary.

[guy.thingy]

the stick has nothing in it...but yeah um i guess ill dl vmware..

[Sand Lee]

Sorry, I've just updated it. I wonder if it still isn't up?

[fjgaude]

This could be your ticket to ride, and it's up-to-date:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...27#post4816827

Message #3, does it for me and others with 64 and 32-bit Ubuntu.

[guy.thingy]

its alright, i installed virtualbox and i made a new virtual machine, for some reason it didnt want to read my xp partition so yeha i made a new virtual machine and it works fine thx though

[RWT711]

I just reinstalled Hardy 3X because I was testing virtualbox. What a nightmare. Every single time i loaded the ose-guest module for linux image 2.6.24-16 generic it took my sound drivers away completely. The hardware didn't even show up anymore and its on the mobo.... VMWARE hard as hell to install but solid as a rock.

[Sand Lee]

Please take a second look at the thread; the problem has been fixed.