Virtualization for Beginner

[Jerry Feldman]

On 04/28/2009 06:53 PM, Andre Robatino wrote:
> > VirtualBox-OSE (the Open-Source-Edition) is in RPM Fusion Free 
> Updates > Testing for F10 since yesterday(¹). It'll get moved to the
> > proper updates directory sooner or later.
>
> > CU
> > knurd
>
>
> > (¹) Note that the RPM Fusion updates-testing repos depend on
> > the updates-testing repo from Fedora. IOW: the kmods are build 
> against > the 2.6.29 kernel in Fedora's updates-testing repo.
>
> The version currently in RPM Fusion's updates-testing is 2.1.4, while 
> the latest closed-source version is 2.2.2.  Is it necessary to do 
> anything to convert the contents of one's ~/.VirtualBox directory to 
> work with the lower-numbered version?  (As I recall, the update to 
> 2.2.0 required a file format conversion.)  Or can one just remove the 
> closed-source package, install the open-source one, and have 
> everything just work?
>
> Also, for people who need the closed-source features such as guest 
> access to USB devices, is it possible for the closed-source version to 
> be in the nonfree repo?
>
I upgraded from 2.1 to 2.2 with zero problems. Settings are migrated to 
the new version.

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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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