[AccessD] Sun Virtual PC

All I can say about Sun VirtualBox is WOW. I have just installed Ubuntu and
am now running an XP and Ubuntu VM atop Vista. Slick and effortless.
Amazing. This is totally cool.

Arthur

On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>wrote:

> Yes.
>
> Select a Powered-Off machine, click on Settings  and it's a slider on the
> General- Basic tab.
>
> You can change just about anything on a virtual machine when it is powered
> off,  except the
> size of disks.
> While you can't change disk sizes, you can swap disks around between
> machines.
>
> --
> Stuart
>
> On 14 Mar 2009 at 17:39, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access  wrote:
>
> > Can you change the ram size after the vm is created?
> >
> >
> > Rocky Smolin
> > Beach Access Software
> > 858-259-4334
> > www.e-z-mrp.com
> > www.bchacc.com
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart
> McLachlan
> > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 4:34 PM
> > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Sun Virtual PC
> >
> > When you set up your first VMs the wizard is fairly straight forward.
> >
> > Give your machiine plenty of RAM, you can always reduce it later.
> > Create a dynamically expanding boot disk and set it's size bigger that
> you
> > think will need.
> > (I generally set mine to 30GB - you can always add additional disks
> later)
> >
> > Be sure to install the "guest additions"
> >
> > Play around with the CD/DVD, USB, Network settings etc to get familiar
> with
> > them.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Stuart
> >
> > On 14 Mar 2009 at 14:42, Arthur Fuller wrote:
> >
> > > I decided to check this stuff out and have just downloaded it and am
> > > about to install. My native OS is Vista with SP1. I'd like to be able
> > > to create an XP and a Linux box minimum, and perhaps a Geos one as
> well.
> > >
> > > Anything I should know before diving in?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Arthur
> > >
> > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Steve Erbach <erbachs at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Max,
> > > >
> > > > I've got the Sun VirtualBox stuff, too, to run Ubuntu as a virtual
> > > > machine.  To install it I downloaded the Ubuntu package as an ISO
> > > > file.  Thus I could attach to that file as a virtual CD drive to
> > > > install Ubuntu on the virtual pc.  Worked flawlessly.  I haven't
> > > > been able to figure out yet how to get more than 800x600 resolution,
> > > > but that's small change that I can no doubt figure out when I have
> > > > an extra afternoon sometime.
> > > >
> > > > Is this what you're trying to do?  Install an operating system on
> > > > your virtual pc?
> > > >
> > > > Steve Erbach
> > > > Neenah, WI
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Max Wanadoo
> > > > <max.wanadoo at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Hi Stu,
> > > > > Hope you are well.
> > > > > I installed the sun VP but when I run it it opens the window,
> > > > > gives some info about the Host Key which I then close.  It then
> > > > > displays a black command type window with the message "FATAL: No
> > bootable mediaum found!
> > > > > System Halted.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have rebooted my PC which is stripped naked.  Brand new
> > > > > installation of XP.  Then AVG anti virus  followed by Office 2003
> > > > > - all updated with
> > > > latest
> > > > > updates.  Then web dev express form MS downloaded and installed -
> > > > > all ok except for the light thingy.  Then installed Firefox 3.
> > > > > Then Sun VP.  So
> > > > as
> > > > > you can see, not much to go wrong.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any ideas?
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