Softwares used
Windows 8 Consumer Preview (Download Windows 8 Consumer Preview)
Virtualbox 4.1.8. (Download virtualbox from here)
Windows 7
Windows 8 System requirement:
1 GHz or faster processor
1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
1024 x 768 minimum screen resolution
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Oracle’s VirtualBox 4.1.8 is now available for download. This is just a maintenance release. VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use.
fixed VERR_MAP_FAILED during savestate under certain circumstances
stop updating the VM status icons when the VM is paused
NAT: increase maximum number of parallel connections making connections with port forwarding more robus
USB: fixed OS/2 boot hang when using recent USB drivers
BIOS: fixed hang at launch of DOS applications generated by Clipper 5.3 (note that hardware virtualization may be required)
Main: don’t crash if a medium is ejected twice
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Oracle’s VirtualBox 4.1.6 is now available for download. This is just a maintenance release. VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use.
fixed screen corruption.
fixed rare Windows 7 guest hangs, either at boot time or when reconfiguring the network card in unusual setup.
improved compatibility with ancient Linux kernels .
Linux hosts: fix for 3D support on Fedora 15.
fixed kernel module compilation failure on Redhat Enterprise Linux 4
install the DRI driver correctly on Ubuntu 11.10 guests
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Oracle’s VirtualBox 4.0.10 is now available for download. This is just a maintenance release. VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use.
added support for X.Org Server 1.11.
fixed compiz under ubuntu 9.10.
fixed VM initialization if a shared folder does not exist.
fixed possible deadlock between hard disk enumeration and resetting of immutable disks.
fixed not detaching of virtual storage after a snapshot restore operation.
fixed clobbered CPU registers during stos/lods/ins/outs emulation under rare circumstances.
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1.Go to virtualbox linux download page and download the deb package file for Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) (32-bit or 64-bit).
2.Double click the .deb package file or open with ubuntu software center and click the install button.
3.Type your ubuntu password if needed and wait until the installation is complete.
4.To open virtualbox, click Applications icon from unity launcher. And type virtualbox in the search applications field and click Oracle VM virtualbox.
How to install Fedora 15 on Oracle virtualbox.
Softwares used
Fedora 15 ,Download fedora from here
Virtualbox 4.1.0.Download virtualbox from here
Windows 7
1.Open Oracle VM VirtualBox and click New to create a new virtual machine.
Oracle’s VirtualBox 4.1.0 is now available for download and this is a major update version.what’s new in VirtualBox 4.1.0?
Support for cloning of VMs
Experimental support for PCI passthrough for Linux hosts
Experimental WDDM graphics driver, supporting Windows Aero and providing Direct3D support using a Guest
Experimental support for SATA hard disk hotplugging available with VBoxManagestatus of modules and
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Oracle’s VirtualBox 4.0.10 is now available for download. This is just a maintenance release. It improves stability and fixes regressions. VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use.
Some fixes are
Windows hosts: fixed leak of thread and process handles
Windows Additions: fixed bug when determining the extended version of the Guest Additions
USB: fixed occasional VM hangs with SMP guests
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Oracle’s VirtualBox 4.0.8 is now available for download. This is just a maintenance release. It improves stability and fixes regressions. VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use.
Some fixes are
incompatibility with recent Mac OS X versions in 64-bit mode
potential crash during shutdown
removed assumption that string descriptors are null-terminated
added support for X.Org Server 1.10
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Oracle’s VirtualBox 4.0.6 is now available for download. This is just a maintenance release. It improves stability and fixes regressions. VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use.