[CentOS] VirtualBox on CentOS 6.0?

[Lorenzo Martínez Rodríguez]

I had problems with VBox 4 in my CentOS6, so I had to install 
VirtualBox-3.2-3.2.12_68302_rhel6-1.x86_64 and I am very very happy with it.
VMware Server meant a lot of problems with new kernels and the patch 
any-any... so I think Virtualbox does the trick.

El 02/11/11 09:04, Roy Trubshaw escribió:
> A few things:
>
> - It didn't/doesn't play well with other virtual machine libraries.
> - Don't forget to install the vbox extensions if you want/need to use USB 2.0
> - Don't forget to install DKMS before pretty much anything else.
>
> - It _is_ worth the hassle of adding the vbox guest additions to support seamless mouse and keyboard integration
> - ... not to mention resizing the machine window
> - Here's a relatively complete description on turning VirtualBox into a service under Redhat/Centos/Fedora (http://www.kernelhardware.org/virtualbox-auto-start-vm-centos-fedora-redhat/). Though I'd replace vboxmanage with vboxheadless. [Can't be bothered to remember if either of the two apps are camelcase or not - check.]
> - Dismount the guestadditions ISO / O/S installation ISO / any other non-essential ISO _*before*_ you take a snapshot. 8-)
> - If you want the guest system to be a server you need bridged networking (it works pretty well 'out of the box' actually).
> - RTFM (really)
>
> It was the first VM I used (mainly because it works on hardware the doesn't support hardware virtualisation) and the only real problems I have had have been 64bit guests on 64bit hosts (both windows and unices).
>
> YMMV
>
> Toodles,
> Roy
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: David McGuffey<davidmcguffey at verizon.net>
> To: CentOS mailing list<centos at centos.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 1:27
> Subject: [CentOS] VirtualBox on CentOS 6.0?
>
> I have an older quad-core AMD processor that supports hardware
> virtualization on a motherboard that does not support it in the bios.
>
> Eventually I'll swap the mobo out on this box for one that will support
> hardware virtualization and use qemu-kvm. I prefer kvm because of
> SELinux and sVirt that protects the host from VM breakout should a VM
> become hostile.
>
> In the meantime, I want to start work on a web project and want to use
> this idle machine and CentOS 6.0 in a VM. What I prototype and learn
> will eventually be moved to the production machine using kvm and sVirt.
>
> So...I downloaded and installed Virtualbox 4.x but haven't yet had the
> time to check it out.
>
> Any tips/tricks concerning it?
>
>
> Dave
>
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