Sun Microsystems 3.0.0 user manual Contents

Contents

1 Introduction		9
1.1	Virtualization basics	9
1.2	Software vs. hardware virtualization (VT-x and AMD-V)	11
1.3	Features overview	13
1.4	Supported host operating systems	16
1.5	Supported guest operating systems	17
1.6	64-bit guests	18

2 Installation		19
2.1 Installing on Windows hosts		19
2.1.1	Prerequisites	19
2.1.2	Performing the installation	19
2.1.3	Uninstallation	20
2.1.4	Unattended installation	20
2.2 Installing on Mac OS X hosts		20
2.2.1	Performing the installation	20
2.2.2	Uninstallation	21
2.2.3	Unattended installation	21
2.3 Installing on Linux hosts		21
2.3.1	Prerequisites	21
2.3.2 The VirtualBox kernel module		21
2.3.3 USB and advanced networking support		23
2.3.4	Performing the installation	23
2.3.5 Starting VirtualBox on Linux		28
2.4 Installing on Solaris hosts		28
2.4.1	Performing the installation	28
2.4.2 Starting VirtualBox on Solaris		29
2.4.3	Uninstallation	29
2.4.4	Unattended installation	30
2.4.5 Configuring a zone for running VirtualBox		30

3 Starting out with VirtualBox		31
3.1	Starting the graphical user interface	31
3.2	Creating a virtual machine	32
3.3	Basics of virtual machine configuration	36
3.4	Running a virtual machine	38
	3.4.1 Keyboard and mouse support in virtual machines	39

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