VirtualBox 2 Essentials

VirtualBox 2 Essentials is an due for completion in March 2009. It is being published as it is being written so check back frequently for the latest chapters and updates.

An Overview of VirtualBox 2 What is VirtualBox? VirtualBox Architecture Basics Software Virtualization Hardware Virtualization VirtualBox - Software and Hardware Virtualization VirtualBox - A Summary VirtualBox Supported Host and Guest Operating Systems Definition of a Host Operating System Definition of a Guest Operating System Running 64-bit VirtualBox Guest Operating Systems Supported VirtualBox Host Operating Systems Supported Guest Operating Systems Installing VirtualBox 2 on a Linux Host VirtualBox Linux Host Requirements Downloading VirtualBox for Linux Installing VirtualBox on Fedora, CentOS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Removing VirtualBox from a Fedora, CentOS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Host Installing VirtualBox on Ubuntu Uninstalling VirtualBox from an Ubuntu Host Installing VirtualBox using VirtualBox.run Removing VirtualBox using VirtualBox.run Installing VirtualBox 2 on a Windows Host Downloading VirtualBox for Windows VirtualBox Installation Components Windows Installing VirtualBox on Windows Launching the VirtualBox Installer from the Command Prompt Uninstalling VirtualBox from a Windows Host Configuring the VirtualBox Environment Accessing VirtualBox Preferences VirtualBox General Preferences VirtualBox Input Preferences VirtualBox Update Preferences VirtualBox Language Preferences Creating and Managing VirtualBox Virtual Machines Launching the VirtualBox Tool Creating a New VirtualBox Virtual Machine Specifying Virtual Machine Memory Configuring a Virtual Hard Disk The VirtualBox First Run Wizard Configuring VirtualBox Virtual Machine Settings Accessing VirtualBox Preferences Accessing Virtual Machine Settings Virtual Machine General Settings Hard Disk Settings CD/DVD-ROM Settings Floppy Settings Audio Settings Network Settings Serial Port Settings USB Settings Shared Folder Settings Remote Display Settings Understanding and Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions VirtualBox Guest Additions Features Support Guest Operating Systems The VirtualBox Guest Additions ISO File Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions on Windows Manually Extracting the VirtualBox Windows Drivers Installing VirtualBox Guest Addition on Linux Selected Installation of Linux Guest Additions Recompiling the Linux Guest Addition Kernel Modules Updating the Linux VirtualBox Guest Additions Installing Solaris Guest Additions Remote Access to VirtualBox Guests Understanding and Configuring VirtualBox Virtual Hard Disks VirtualBox Virtual Hard Disk Controllers Virtual Disk Images and Types Normal, Immutable and Write-Through Disk Images Support for Third Party Disk Image Formats Cloning a Virtual Disk Image Converting a RAW Disk Image to VDI Format Configuring VirtualBox Networking VirtualBox Shared Folders An Overview of VirtualBox Folder Sharing Creating Shared Folders on a Powered Off Virtual Machine Creating Shared Folders for a Running Virtual Machine Creating and Removing Shared Folders from the Command Prompt Accessing a Shared Folder from a Windows Guest Accessing a Shared Folder from a Linux Guest