VM - Virtual Box - Generic information needed.
-
Hi, I need to set up virtual machine on my win7 pc. I thought of using VirtualBox by oracle. I had below questions, for which I didn't find convincing answers on the web.. So posting here. 1) Once any VM say virtualbox is installed, will it permanently take some specified free space on hard disk to load other OS. 2) What happens to the applications that I install on OS loaded inside VM. Where will it get installed, once I unload the OS and again load it in VM, will those apps be available again. 3) What happens if I uninstall VM but I don't uninstall all the softwares which I installed inside VM.. Is this a memory leak. Sorry for many questions, as I'm novice. And thanks in advance. ~Vijay.
-
Hi, I need to set up virtual machine on my win7 pc. I thought of using VirtualBox by oracle. I had below questions, for which I didn't find convincing answers on the web.. So posting here. 1) Once any VM say virtualbox is installed, will it permanently take some specified free space on hard disk to load other OS. 2) What happens to the applications that I install on OS loaded inside VM. Where will it get installed, once I unload the OS and again load it in VM, will those apps be available again. 3) What happens if I uninstall VM but I don't uninstall all the softwares which I installed inside VM.. Is this a memory leak. Sorry for many questions, as I'm novice. And thanks in advance. ~Vijay.
It's State of Origin night, the Lounge has been handed over to me, all threads are to be created by me or anyone else who is willing to keep up with me beer for beer tonight.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
-
It's State of Origin night, the Lounge has been handed over to me, all threads are to be created by me or anyone else who is willing to keep up with me beer for beer tonight.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
Soory, I couldn't get you.
-
Hi, I need to set up virtual machine on my win7 pc. I thought of using VirtualBox by oracle. I had below questions, for which I didn't find convincing answers on the web.. So posting here. 1) Once any VM say virtualbox is installed, will it permanently take some specified free space on hard disk to load other OS. 2) What happens to the applications that I install on OS loaded inside VM. Where will it get installed, once I unload the OS and again load it in VM, will those apps be available again. 3) What happens if I uninstall VM but I don't uninstall all the softwares which I installed inside VM.. Is this a memory leak. Sorry for many questions, as I'm novice. And thanks in advance. ~Vijay.
Vijay Sringeri wrote:
- Once any VM say virtualbox is installed, will it permanently take some specified free space on hard disk to load other OS.
Yes - well, as long as you don't delete them. VMs load things called images, and these take space. You typically allocate a certain amount of space for a single image, and then you load into that image.
Vijay Sringeri wrote:
- What happens to the applications that I install on OS loaded inside VM. Where will it get installed, once I unload the OS and again load it in VM, will those apps be available again.
Yes - they are installed into the image, so they are available when you restart the VM. This is part of the reason you need to allocate disk space.
Vijay Sringeri wrote:
- What happens if I uninstall VM but I don't uninstall all the softwares which I installed inside VM.. Is this a memory leak.
If you uninstall the VM, the images can't be loaded into memory so there's no leak. If you uninstall the VM, then don't forget to delete any images you have created as they take up disk space.
*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier
-
Soory, I couldn't get you.
Vijay Sringeri wrote:
Soory, I couldn't get you.
No worries, I'll drink a few more beers and come back and try again.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
-
Vijay Sringeri wrote:
- Once any VM say virtualbox is installed, will it permanently take some specified free space on hard disk to load other OS.
Yes - well, as long as you don't delete them. VMs load things called images, and these take space. You typically allocate a certain amount of space for a single image, and then you load into that image.
Vijay Sringeri wrote:
- What happens to the applications that I install on OS loaded inside VM. Where will it get installed, once I unload the OS and again load it in VM, will those apps be available again.
Yes - they are installed into the image, so they are available when you restart the VM. This is part of the reason you need to allocate disk space.
Vijay Sringeri wrote:
- What happens if I uninstall VM but I don't uninstall all the softwares which I installed inside VM.. Is this a memory leak.
If you uninstall the VM, the images can't be loaded into memory so there's no leak. If you uninstall the VM, then don't forget to delete any images you have created as they take up disk space.
*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier
Hi Pete O'Hanlon, Thanks for your descriptive reply. That was very helpful. Yes, taking your explanation as base, I just had some hands on with "Virtual Box" and created images ( *.VDI files ) . Also there were options to allocate some static space or let the VM choose space dynamically for images. Thanks again. ~Vijay.
-
Vijay Sringeri wrote:
Soory, I couldn't get you.
No worries, I'll drink a few more beers and come back and try again.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
ha ha.. Got it now. Enjoy buddy. Your mind is now much beyond normal cognitive senses of human beings. So, it is hard for us to understand you. Have a good time :-) ~Vijay.
-
Vijay Sringeri wrote:
Soory, I couldn't get you.
No worries, I'll drink a few more beers and come back and try again.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
But what I appreciate most about you is. Even after drunk.. you are highly active on Geeks zone - The CodeProject. A Pat on your back. Kudos.:thumbsup:
-
ha ha.. Got it now. Enjoy buddy. Your mind is now much beyond normal cognitive senses of human beings. So, it is hard for us to understand you. Have a good time :-) ~Vijay.
Vijay Sringeri wrote:
ha ha.. Got it now.
Enjoy buddy. Your mind is now much beyond normal cognitive senses of human beings.
So, it is hard for us to understand you.Not even close yet.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004