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RCuber
RCuber Original post #1
Dec 13, 2007 at 4:09 AM
Hello guys,
I need to setup a virtual machine in my fedora 8 installation. Basically I need to install XP as a virtual machine. I also need to transfer data between the host OS and to the virtual machine... (network). Im not sure where to begin :(.
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mehulved #2
Dec 13, 2007 at 9:57 AM
Virtualbox.
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FilledVoid #3
Dec 13, 2007 at 10:05 AM
Yesterday I was trying VirtualBox with an Ubuntu 7.10 AMD64 guest OS. It seems that 64 bit is not supported so you might want to check that part out first.
RCuber
RCuber #4
Dec 13, 2007 at 2:00 PM
I installed VirtualBox .. But I need to add myself in the vboxusers group.
I tried with the following command but still im unable to get the permision.

Code: 
su -
usermod -G vboxusers -a charan
exit
bikdel
bikdel #5
Dec 13, 2007 at 11:35 PM
exx_2000 said:
Yesterday I was trying VirtualBox with an Ubuntu 7.10 AMD64 guest OS. It seems that 64 bit is not supported so you might want to check that part out first.
Click to expand...

AFAIK Virtualization softwares emulate a 32 bit System and you cannot install a 64 bit OS on a 32 bit system; niether real nor virtual....
praka123
praka123 #6
Dec 14, 2007 at 12:11 AM
@Charan:arrrey! u have to give all secondary groups along with -G in usermod command.for that,use "groups" command in local user terminal to identify the groups where local user is member of.also restarting or teliniting system to runlevel 1 and return to runlevel 2 to have ur changes applied.best way is to use menu System>admin>user&groups and enable all needed permission and try restarting!
RCuber
RCuber #7
Dec 14, 2007 at 12:32 AM
^^^ no problem .. got it working after adding sudo command :)