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by LarryW
20. Jun 2016, 22:18
Forum: Using VirtualBox
Topic: Discuss the 5.0.22 release
Replies: 32
Views: 21722

Re: Discuss the 5.0.22 release

I upgraded from .20 to .22, host macOS, El Capitan, guest Oracle Linux 7.2. That seemed to have gone smoothly, but I believe the Guest Additions caused problems. When I initially installed Linux 7.2, I had the installation create oracle/oracle as an administrator. Under the .20 I created a mount poi...
by LarryW
29. May 2016, 04:42
Forum: Linux Guests
Topic: Directory sharing: OSx Host, Oracle Linux guest
Replies: 2
Views: 1129

Re: Directory sharing: OSx Host, Oracle Linux guest

Thanks. This link, finally, allowed me to correct the problem. However, I ran into an error which as one of the Troubleshooting points, and the answer was unclear. Here is how this one problem answer would have been clearer to me. Problem: Received a Protocol Error message Answer: The share name and...
by LarryW
28. May 2016, 23:20
Forum: Linux Guests
Topic: Directory sharing: OSx Host, Oracle Linux guest
Replies: 2
Views: 1129

Directory sharing: OSx Host, Oracle Linux guest

My ultimate goal is create a functional virtual system: Oracle Linux 7.2, Oracle database XE, Apex 5.0.3 running under VirtualBox on Mac El Capitan host so I can replace really horrible desktop database applications such as FileMaker and MS Access (or worse, the use of Excel) with a real database ba...