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

[Stephan Althaus]

On 6/11/25 11:32, Marc Lobelle via openindiana-discuss wrote:
> 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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Hi!

VirtualBox has a GUI. i assumed you use OpenIndiana with the GUI, too ?

Then you'll find it in the menu, in "system tools"

The command to start the GUI is case-sensitive:

VirtualBox

(Help on how to use VirtualBox you'll find in the net..)

Regards,
Stephan