[OpenIndiana-discuss] running windows 11 on top of openindiana on my laptop

[Marc Lobelle]

Hi Stephan,

Indeed, I could install virtual box,

But where could I find info on how to use it and in particular to 
install windows on top of openindiana ?

Thanks,

Marc

     ml at spitfire:/home/ml#  pkg install 
pkg://openindiana.org/system/virtualbox
                                      Packages à installer :   3
                                       Services à modifier :   5
                   Créer un environnement d'initialisation : Non
     Créer un environnement d'initialisation de sauvegarde : Non

     TELECHARGEMENT                      PACKAGES      FICHIERS XFER 
(Mo) VITESSE
     Terminé                                  3/3       427/427 
60.5/60.5  2.2M/s

     PHASE                                       ELEMENTS
     Installation des nouvelles actions           525/525
     Mise à jour de la base de données d'état des packages Terminé
     Mise à jour du cache de packages                 0/0
     Mise à jour de l'état des images             Terminé
     Création d'une base de données de recherche rapide     Terminé
     ml at spitfire:/home/ml# man virtualbox
     No manual entry for virtualbox
     ml at spitfire:/home/ml#

On 6/10/25 10:56, Stephan Althaus via openindiana-discuss wrote:
> On 6/10/25 10:51, Marc Lobelle via openindiana-discuss wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> My laptop (HP Elitebook 820 G3 with core i7 6600U @2,6HHz) is running 
>> openindiana most of the time but some programs are only available on 
>> windows and some times I have to reboot it on windows (currently 
>> windows 10). The particularity of this notebook is that it includes 2 
>> SSD disks, a sata (openindiana, 1Tb) and a NVMe (windows 512 Gb).
>>
>>
>> However I would prefer to run windows in a virtual machine on top of 
>> opendiana. Is this possible and, if yes, how ?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Marc
>>
>>
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>
> Hi!
>
> I am using Win10 within VirtualBox. I think you can get this to work 
> with Win11 by enabling TPM...
>
> Bhyve is an other option, then you have to setup Windows via VNC and - 
> after anabling net and RDP within Windows - RDP into your virtual 
> win11 machine.
>
> i believe, a test with VirtualBox is an easier start (?)
>
>
> Regards,
> Stephan
>
>
>
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