Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8
On Tue, 10 Nov 2015, Alan Chandler wrote:
> On 10/11/15 01:47, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > On Mon, 09 Nov 2015, Alan Chandler wrote:
> >
> >> On 09/11/15 18:58, D&P Dimov wrote:
> >>> I need to install MS Windows 7 as a Virtual Machine on a computer
> >>> that is running Debian 8. To do that, I'd like to use software
> >>> that is not proprietory (I know, I know - this may sounds a bit
> >>> ridiculous...). This Debian page:
> >>> https://wiki.debian.org/SystemVirtualization recommends Qemu, KVM,
> >>> VirtualBox, and Zen. Does anyone have recommendations for which
> >>> one is easiest to install for a novice? I tried the first one,
> >>> Qemu, but didn't really find a good guide how to install MS Win 7
> >>> with it. Thanks!
> >> Up until last April, I ran Windows 7 under virtual Box on my Debian
> >> machine for my daily work almost every day for about 2 years. I
> >> have cut down now to one day a week, and generally do that on a
> >> Macbook Air, also running Virtual Box. It worked perfectly.
> >>
> >> I updated to Windows 10, through the upgrade program, and that was
> >> a little dodgy until I updated Virtual Box to version 5 and
> >> removed 3d Video acceleration.
> >>
> >> The only issue to be careful of, is that the drivers get properly
> >> rebuilt when the linux kernel changes.
> >>
> > Installing dkms (Dynamic Kernel Modules Support) and the appropriate
> > kernel headers will take care of that auto-magically. Never had it
> > fail. Of course, you need the gcc compiler and its related files,
> > too.
> >
> > Also, I'd suggest the OP download VirtualBox directly from their web
> > site, and NOT from the Debian Repo. When you do the former, the
> > VirtualBox repo automatically is set up and configured.
> >
> > B
> >
> >
>
> I have switched back and forth between the virtual box debian
> repository and the normal repository at various times. Currently
> using the normal Debian repository (testing), but a few months ago I
> was running Debian stable and trying to get Windows 10 to work and
> had to switch to a more recent release - so then used the virtual box
> one.
>
> [snip]
I use the VirtualBox repo now simply because it's more up-to-date than
the Debian one.
Originally, the Debian repo versions of VB lacked certain features like
USB support which were consider proprietary code. And so I downloaded
VB directly from their site. But that's been sorted out now. I think
VB put all the proprietary stuff on the Extras disk.
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