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On 02/19/2014 03:39 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Frank Cox
> <theatre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I may have a need to run some version of Windows (XP?) on my
>> desktop.
>>
>> As this will likely be a short-term thing, and since I have never
>> used Windows, I would like to do this in the most painless way
>> possible. A method that requires me to make the least changes to
>> my Centos computer would be nice, since I'll probably want to
>> back it out again later.
>>
>> I have never used any of the current virtualization technologies,
>> so it's all new to me.
>>
>> My objective is to have Window run in a window on my desktop. I
>> don't want to dual-boot my computer.
>>
>> I was looking at virtualbox. Is this the best approach? I get
>> the impression that there are special kernel modules that are
>> required for virtualbox, but if I install dkms then that will be
>> automatically handled for me whenever there is a kernel upgrade.
>> Install dkms, install the virtualbox repo, install virtualbox
>> rpms, set up image, done. Is that all there is to it? Would
>> something other than virtualbox be better?
>>
>> Any recommendations or suggestions will be appreciated.
>
> Virtualbox will work, but if you want to stick to stock packages
> and aren't concerned about running your images on other types of
> hosts, try KVM first.
>
> Yum groupinstall Virtualization "Virtualization Client"
> "Virtualization Platform" "Virtualization Tools" might be overkill
> but should have everything you need. And then you'll find the GUI
> under Applications ->System Tools -> Virtual Machine Manager.
>
> If you want to give the guest VM bridged access to your NIC, you
> also need the bridge-utils package and have to move your host
> network setup to the bridge device.
>
Just one small point to make here. KVM will not work on a 32 bit
installation. That's not all that important these days as most all
installations are 64 bit.
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^ ^ Mark LaPierre
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