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Go to /Users/Shared/ folder and give read/write access to the 'VirtualBox VMs' folder (command-i, add users that will need access to it (Use 'Get Info', scroll to bottom, Under 'Sharing & Permissions' add users/groups and give them read/write access). Since this can hours, you probably should turn off sleep on your host machine.ġ2) ** Quit VirtualBox, Copy 'your' user VirtualBox preferences folder (/Users/YourUserName/Library/VirtualBox or ~/Library/VirtualBox) to the /Users/Shared/ folder.

#Windows 7 virtual optical disk file download install#

hit escape to the screen that asks for a Virtual optical boot disk, it should then net boot to the correct network location to download and install NexGEN Windows (as you have done with a regular NexGEN setup).

#Windows 7 virtual optical disk file download mac#

You may want to (need to?) go into the Mac System Preferences/Energy Saver and temporarily turn off computer sleep.ġ1) Start machine.

#Windows 7 virtual optical disk file download registration#

** You might want to save the mac address in the /Users/Shared/ Folder for easy access.**ġ0) Register mac address with unified registration as usual for NexGEN. Click triangle to see Advanced and copy the MAC Address (e.g. (Uncheck floppy/CD.) ( Do not change the order! network is last).ĩ) Change to Network tab, and changed 'Attached to' from 'NAT' to ' Bridged'. Users/Shared/VirtualBox VMs/Windows7_harddrive_name.vdi (But you took care of this in step 4) **Ĩ) Click on Settings and System tab- MotherboardĬhoose Network so it and 'Hard Disk' are checked. ** To share the same VM with other mac users on the computer Click on the small folder icon to make sure it is in the users shared space, e.g. Make sure the user has the correct access permissions set (step 12 & 13) and you change the mac address (step 9)!**ģ) Install extension pack (just double click on it)Ĥ)** Go into VirtualBox Preferences/General and change the default location from your user folder to '/Users/ Shared/VirtualBox VMs' **ĥ) Create and name a new Virtual Machine.Ħ) Allocate a reasonable amount of RAM- (e.g 2 to 4GB (4096MB) if you have 8GB- this setting can be changed later ħ) Create a (dynamically allocated) hard drive more than 30GB- I suggest 40 or more, this cannot be ( easily) changed. Send corrections and suggestions to Dave Carmean ( Download both 'VirtualBox #.#.# for OS X hosts' and 'VirtualBox #.#.# Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack' from ġb.) ** New! Before you start Virtualbox, download this zipped folder which contains the 'VirtualBox VMs' folder to be placed into the ' /Users/Shared' folder and the 'VirtualBox' preferences folder to be placed into your users library folder (In the finder open the hidden library folder by holding down the option key and choosing 'Go/Library' from the menu). **Suggestions required for sharing the Virtual Drive among the mac users are bounded by asterisks.** They will work for sharing a Linux installation as well. The campus Windows licence allows us to install Windows enterprise on macs without a Windows licence (or on PCs that have a Windows licence, any version).Ĭlick on thumbnails to view the images (in a new tab/window). I assume you have access to Unified Registration and have already setup Windows computers with NexGEN.

#Windows 7 virtual optical disk file download how to#

These instructions show how to setup VirtualBox for PXE/Netboot, share a vdi hard drive among users/ accounts on a mac and how to move the VirtualBox settings or preferences between users. Not in a hypervisor partition (HVP=0) (VERR_NEM_NOT_AVAILABLE).ĪMD-V is disabled in the BIOS (or by the host OS) (VERR_SVM_DISABLED).Creating a NexGEN virtual Windows machine on a Mac (**using a shared virtual Hard drive **) with VirtualBox i also have not taken any steps yet to fix this problem. I don't have hardware virtualization enabled that I know of and haven't heard of it. I have not installed Host Extensions & Guest Additions. What is this optical drive and how do I set this up and why would I have to touch the BIOS settings?

I have only ever had to choose an os as the last step in setting up a VirtualBox VM in my experience. 'Please select a virtual optical disk file or a physical optical drive containing a disk to start your machine from.' After having downloaded the virtual machine image and selected it for the os to install this is the message I get with an error following after I am unable to choose an optical drive. The problem that I have run into is with the optical drive and some BIOS settings that I will reveal below. I am on windows, I came from FreeBSD and it seems like VirtualBox works a little differently here.