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Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8

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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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Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8 D&P Dimov <lddimov@yahoo.com> - 2015-11-09 20:10 +0100
  Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8 Mike McGinn <mikemcginn@mcginnweb.net> - 2015-11-09 20:20 +0100
  Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8 GC <gc@maillr.com> - 2015-11-09 20:30 +0100
  Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8 Florian Pelgrim <florian.pelgrim@craneworks.de> - 2015-11-09 21:00 +0100
  Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8 Alan Chandler <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk> - 2015-11-09 23:10 +0100
    Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8 Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2015-11-10 02:50 +0100
      Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8 Alan Chandler <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk> - 2015-11-10 08:20 +0100
        Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8 Himanshu Shekhar <irm2015006@iiita.ac.in> - 2015-11-10 09:10 +0100
          Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8 basti <black.fledermaus@arcor.de> - 2015-11-10 09:40 +0100
            Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8 <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-11-10 10:30 +0100
        Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8 Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2015-11-10 18:20 +0100
    Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8 Peter Hillier-Brook <phb@hbsys.plus.com> - 2015-12-12 19:30 +0100
  Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8 Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2015-11-10 03:00 +0100
    Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8 Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-11-10 04:50 +0100
  Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8 Stuart Longland <stuartl@longlandclan.id.au> - 2015-11-11 08:20 +0100

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