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

[Marc Lobelle]

Hi Stephan,

Virtualbox is well running according to svcs:

     ml at spitfire:/home/ml# svcs|grep virtual
     online         11:19:20 svc:/application/virtualbox/run-once:default
     ml at spitfire:/home/ml#
but I do not see it in the system menu. Is there another package to 
install for including the gui or something to configure to add it to the 
menu.

locate does not find virtualbox nor Virtualbox.

Marc

On 6/11/25 11:46, Stephan Althaus via openindiana-discuss wrote:
> 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
>
>
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