Hey Guys.... i found a cool howto here describing howto install virtualbox with vboxheadless on top of ubuntu server. my question goes one more step: i heard that the following should work....ubuntu server+vbox+X+a Virtual Machine running Windows XP. i want to boot directly into a Windows-VM w. Vbox so the physical pc boots up ubuntu server+vbox and then it starts the vm and the user can work NORMALLY within(!) the Windows-VM thinking he works directly with a pc with installed windows. you understand what i mean? PC->Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS Server->VirtualBox (w. USB-Supp.)->booting into Windows-XP-Virtual-Machine->User works within the VM like with a normal PC so can anybody (maybe falko) complete his howto with steps to boot into a vm and work within the vm like with a normal pc? were great if anybody can help my in any way! thanks! martin
This might help: http://farfewertoes.com/stories/2008-03-09-start-virtualbox-virtual-machines-on-boot/ http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=701735 If you know the command to start the vm, you could also add this command to /etc/rc.local to make the vm start at boot time.
