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 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Lorenzo Martinez Rodriguez Visit me: http://www.lorenzomartinez.es Mail me to: lorenzo at lorenzomartinez.es My blog: http://www.securitybydefault.com My twitter: @lawwait PGP Fingerprint: 97CC 2584 7A04 B2BA 00F1 76C9 0D76 83A2 9BBC BDE2