VirtualBox

VirtualBox on OpenSuse 11.1

i have windows 7 running as guest using KVM in my opensuse, but i don't like the SVGA emulation.

So i try virtualbox, and i convert the qemu image to vmware image and use it in VirtualBox , but it failed.

opensuse:/kvm-disk # qemu-img convert -O vmdk hp-win7.img hp-win7.vmdk

So i configure a new vdi image for my windows 7 guest and start my vm, but i got an error, and the error advise me to run this:

opensuse:/kvm-disk # /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Stopping VirtualBox kernel module done
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module failed
(Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong)

opensuse:/kvm-disk # more /var/log/vbox-install.log
Makefile:174: *** Error: unable to find the include directory for your current L
inux kernel. Specify KERN_INCL= and run Make again. Stop.

opensuse:/kvm-disk # ls -la /dev/vboxdrv
ls: cannot access /dev/vboxdrv: No such file or directory

opensuse:/kvm-disk # uname -a
Linux opensuse 2.6.27.7-9-pae #1 SMP 2008-12-04 18:10:04 +0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

so i install the kernel source for 2.6.27-9.1 using Yast although 2.6.27.37 is available...


opensuse:/kvm-disk # /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Stopping VirtualBox kernel module done
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module done
Starting VirtualBox kernel module done
opensuse:/kvm-disk #


seems to work...

Cloning a virtualbox VM

you install virtualbox, and install , say windows 2008, as a guest. then u realise you need to install another windows 2008 guest. do u need to install again? No. u can clone the first one. And there is no need to run NewSID on the cloned vm, yes, it is true, read it here http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2009/11/03/3291024.aspx.

here is how i did it:

C:\Users\chan\.VirtualBox\HardDisks>"C:\Program Files\Sun\VirtualBox\vboxman
age" clonehd old.vdi new.vdi
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.0.10
(C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.

0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Clone hard disk created in format 'VDI'. UUID: 1dfaa26a-2761-4ee4-9cd6-24642f3c8
53e

C:\Users\chan\.VirtualBox\HardDisks>