[chbot] Virtual machine selection

[Mark Atherton]

Thanks Volker, I will keep persevering

-Mark


On 10/10/2016 11:43 AM, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
 > On Mon 10 Oct 2016 11:14:17 NZDT +1300, Mark Atherton wrote:
 >
 >> Hi All, I am interested in building a Virtual Machine running under
 >> Win7/64. Have just tried Oracle VM VirtualBox, but despite quite a
 >> bit of effort, have failed to- Attach to an external USB flash drive-
 >
 > You must install the guest OS special stuff (non-free, binary only) that
 > you download from next to virtualbox. The USB stuff is not open source,
 > oracle considers that to be for businesses only and wants them to
 > contribute to development.
 >
 > Alternatively, attach the stick filesystem to the host OS and export it
 > as filesystem to the guest.
 >
 > Alternative applications like qemu or KVM aren't made for the desktop so
 > support your USB stick even less, I'd expect without having tried.
 >
 > Try vmware, there was some free version but otherwise expect to pay $$$.
 >
 > I'm not aware of any other options. Virtualbox is your best bet.
 >
 > Volker
 >