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Re: Running Windows on a VM: getting files from the original Windows host



On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 21:27 David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, 18 Jan 2023 at 10:39, Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 10:06 Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> In a previous thread you fellow Debianites gave me excellent advice on running Windows on a VM
>>>  running on a Debian host. Now I have my shiny new Debian Silent PC host quietly waiting.

> > I've followed the instructions from the Debian wiki,
> Hi, please provide more information, such as a link.
> So that we don't have to guess what you mean by "the instructions".

link provided by this list: https://wiki.debian.org/KVM

> Confirm that you have hardware virtualization enabled.
> Search the web for instructions how to do that on your hardware.
> It might be disabled in your BIOS.

Excellent! Thanks!  I forgot about that since I haven't used
VirtualBox for many years.

> When you have done that, paste your confirmation here.

Results: It was NOT enabled, but it is now

> Check that the output of 'id' command confirms that the
> username is in group 'libvirt'. That check must be done in
> the GUI, if you intend to use virt-manager.

> When you have done that, paste your confirmation here.

id shows I'm a member of the libvirt group

> In general, if you use the command line instead of the GUI then you are
> more likely to see any error messages, that you could then paste here to
> receive further help.

Okay, I'll try that later if need be.

Thanks so much, David. I'll keep working and report results later.

-Tom


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