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Hi all, I have just started using Linux Distros', so very much a newbie, Anyway I have been trying for 6 days to install Microsoft Virtual PC Additions on to ...
  1. 04-27-2009 #1
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    Hi all, I have just started using Linux Distros', so very much a newbie, Anyway I have been trying for 6 days to install Microsoft Virtual PC Additions on to my Ubuntu 9.04 Beta, which is running in VPC VM/VHD. I have been searching all over the internet but can,t find an answer, so I'm hoping you guys can (now that I've found you)

    I also have Ubuntu 8.10 running in a VirtualBox VM/VHD, and my big problem here is accessing my network - I have no problem getting on the Internet, but try as I do, I just can't work it out. Again any help would be much appreciated. I should also add I'm about to upgrade this Ubuntu version to the all new 9.04, does anyone think this will solve my problem??

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    You need to read your VBox documentation more carefully. They explain how to configure a VM to access your local network. I access my Linux systems from a Windows XP VM all the time without any problems. I am running CentOS 5.3, but this is not a Linux issues so much as a Windows and VM one.

    Also, to install the VBox Guest Additions to your Windows PC, you need to tell VBox to mount the additions .iso file as a CD-ROM, then you can install it without problems. You can do that either before you start the VM in the VBox configuration/startup tool, or when the VM is running by going to the Devices menu at the top of your VM window and select the "Mount CD/DVD ROM" entry, or even more easily, select the "Install Guest Additions" at the bottom of the Devices menu. That will mount the .iso for you.
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    Many thanks Rubberman. I don't have a problem with VBox Additions, they installed very easily. However I'm interested on reading the documentation, of which, I have already read pages 8 to 148, but may have missed the crucial bits!! So, please, if you can point me in the right direction I would very much appreciate it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by algypalgy View Post
    Many thanks Rubberman. I don't have a problem with VBox Additions, they installed very easily. However I'm interested on reading the documentation, of which, I have already read pages 8 to 148, but may have missed the crucial bits!! So, please, if you can point me in the right direction I would very much appreciate it.

    Kind regards, Algypalgy.
    Ok. I thought that the VBox Guest Additions were what you meant by "Microsoft Virtual PC Additions", but simply misstated. I take it that is not the case. What do "Microsoft Virtual PC Additions" do, and what VMM are they intended for?
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