I am running Windows XP as a guest under Mandriva 2007.1 Spring using the open source version of VirtualBox and am wondering how
to install the Guest Additions as I cannot find the iso. Although I have not yet used the Windows XP Guest much I am impressed with it so
far especially the speed ( guest has 1 gbyte of ram).
Guest Additions
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I'm also running Mandriva 2007.1 and I think "guest additions" is not present on the OSV version. So remove it and install this rpm : http://www.virtualbox.org/download/1.3. ... 86.rpm.run
Good luck
Good luck
As a point of clarification, both versions have Guest Additions. Guest Additions for supported systems provide mouse pointer integration, better video support, time synchronization, and so forth. Some features of Guest Additions, such as shared folders, USB and iSCSI support are currently only available in the proprietary PUEL version.
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Re: Guest Additions
FYI the iso is located at :Plisgyn wrote:I am running Windows XP as a guest under Mandriva 2007.1 Spring using the open source version of VirtualBox and am wondering how
to install the Guest Additions as I cannot find the iso. Although I have not yet used the Windows XP Guest much I am impressed with it so
far especially the speed ( guest has 1 gbyte of ram).
/opt/VirtualBox-1.3.8/additions/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
For some reason, probably operator error, I find it sometime does not always go so smooth ...
Basically,
Select Devices -> Mount CD/DVD-ROM -> CD/DVD-ROM image
This brings up the virtual Disk Manager
* Select Add
* Browse to:
Linux Host /opt/VirtualBox-1.3.8/additions
Windows Host C:\Program files\InnoTek VirtualBox
* Select VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
Click "Select"
3. On the Virtual Machine mount the cdrom
Then, select the "Devices" menu in the virtual machine's menu bar then "Install guest additions."
If that fails ... mount the iso and copy the installation scripts/files to your guest and install manually.
http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/VirtualBo ... ate_Method
If is a virtual machine, is it still broken ?