1 First steps Welcome to Oracle VM VirtualBox! VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualization application. What does that mean? For one thing, it installs on your existing Intel or AMD-based computers layer. As a result, it works with any operating system (even in text mode) and does not require application support in the virtual machine either. VRDP support is described in detail in chapter 7.1, Remote where to install VirtualBox to and which components to install. In addition to the VirtualBox application, the following components are available: USB support This package contains special drivers for

VirtualBox manager GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 9.16 Starting the VirtualBox web service automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 10 Technical background 153 10.1 Where 1 First steps Welcome to Oracle VM VirtualBox! VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualization application. What does that mean? For one thing, it installs on your existing Intel or AMD-based computers works with guest operating systems other than Windows (even in text mode) and does not require application support in the virtual machine either. The VRDE is described in detail in chapter 7.1, Remote display

VirtualBox manager GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 9.16 Starting the VirtualBox web service automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 10 Technical background 152 10.1 Where 1 First steps Welcome to Oracle VM VirtualBox! VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualization application. What does that mean? For one thing, it installs on your existing Intel or AMD-based computers works with guest operating systems other than Windows (even in text mode) and does not require application support in the virtual machine either. The VRDE is described in detail in chapter 7.1, Remote display

VirtualBox manager GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 9.15 Starting the VirtualBox web service automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 5 Contents 10 Technical background 151 1 First steps Welcome to Oracle VM VirtualBox! VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualization application. What does that mean? For one thing, it installs on your existing Intel or AMD-based computers works with guest operating systems other than Windows (even in text mode) and does not require application support in the virtual machine either. The VRDE is described in detail in chapter 7.1, Remote display

VirtualBox manager GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 9.15 Starting the VirtualBox web service automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 10 Technical background 148 10.1 Where 1 First steps Welcome to Oracle VM VirtualBox! VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualization application. What does that mean? For one thing, it installs on your existing Intel or AMD-based computers operating 12 1 First steps systems other than Windows (even in text mode) and does not require application support in the virtual machine either. The VRDE is described in detail in chapter 7.1, Remote display

VirtualBox web service automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 9.19.1 Linux: starting the webservice via init . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 9.19.2 Solaris: starting the web service 1 First steps Welcome to Oracle VM VirtualBox! VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualization application. What does that mean? For one thing, it installs on your existing Intel or AMD-based computers works with guest operating systems other than Windows (even in text mode) and does not require application support in the virtual machine either. The VRDE is described in detail in chapter 7.1, Remote display

VirtualBox manager GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 9.16 Starting the VirtualBox web service automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 9.17 Memory Ballooning Service . . . 1 First steps Welcome to Oracle VM VirtualBox! VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualization application. What does that mean? For one thing, it installs on your existing Intel or AMD-based computers works with guest operating systems other than Windows (even in text mode) and does not require application support in the virtual machine either. The VRDE is described in detail in chapter 7.1, Remote display

VirtualBox manager GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 9.16 Starting the VirtualBox web service automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 9.17 Memory Ballooning Service . . . 1 First steps Welcome to Oracle VM VirtualBox! VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualization application. What does that mean? For one thing, it installs on your existing Intel or AMD-based computers works with guest operating systems other than Windows (even in text mode) and does not require application support in the virtual machine either. The VRDE is described in detail in chapter 7.1, Remote display

VirtualBox manager GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 9.19 Starting the VirtualBox web service automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 9.20 Memory Ballooning Service . . . 1 First steps Welcome to Oracle VM VirtualBox! VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualization application. What does that mean? For one thing, it installs on your existing Intel or AMD-based computers works with guest operating systems other than Windows (even in text mode) and does not require application support in the virtual machine either. The VRDE is described in detail in chapter 7.1, Remote display

VirtualBox web service automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 9.21.1 Linux: starting the webservice via init . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 9.21.2 Solaris: starting the web service 1 First steps Welcome to Oracle VM VirtualBox! VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualization application. What does that mean? For one thing, it installs on your existing Intel or AMD-based computers works with guest operating systems other than Windows (even in text mode) and does not require application support in the virtual machine either. The VRDE is described in detail in chapter 7.1, Remote display