Comments on: Installing Windows 7 Beta 1 in VirtualBox 2.1.0

By: luis vaca

luis vaca — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:09:50 +0000

If you map a general linux location such as “\\vboxsrv\media” you will have access to all the media in your pc, USB, CD-DVD, ALL. IT REALLY WORKS, I have it working now for 2 months with ubuntu and WIndows 7…

By: Arthur Fuller

Arthur Fuller — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:41:12 +0000

On VirtualBox 2.2.4 Windows 7 is included in the list, so instead of following your steps. I just took a shot and Windows 7 installed without a hitch.

By: Installing Windows 7 on VirtualBox @ IONCANNON

Installing Windows 7 on VirtualBox @ IONCANNON — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:23:46 +0000

[...] with installing the guest utilities. They won't install right out of the box but I found some instructions for installing the guest utilties with Windows 7. At some point Sun will fix this in the VirtualBox distribution but for now it is the only way to [...]

By: ASL4U

ASL4U — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:58:17 +0000

You are amazing! My windows7 was installed in Virtualbox but would not recognize my ethernet card – so no way to update, and no way to share -and the mouse would not stick. I followed your directions and ALL of the issues I was having were resolved.
Wonderful! Thank you!

By: zyx valinjee

zyx valinjee — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:17:50 +0000

yes Yes YEs YESSSSSSSS!!!!

By: VirtualBox 2.1.2 released | Idea Excursion

VirtualBox 2.1.2 released | Idea Excursion — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:24:39 +0000

[...] 7 is now a supported OS (see Installing Windows 7 Beta 1 in VirtualBox 2.1.0 and Windows 7 in VirtualBox: Shared Folders [...]

By: duckman1221

duckman1221 — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:59:57 +0000

thanks for this post. worked great!!! i’m now enjoying windows 7 in a virtual machine on my home pc running windows xp.

By: Taylor Gerring

Taylor Gerring — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:00:41 +0000

According to the bug report (linked at the top of this post), the item is marked as being fixed for 2.1.2. I have no idea when this will debut, however, updates seem to come out about a month apart.

By: Tony Young

Tony Young — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:56:05 +0000

Thanks Taylor,
I was aware of that option – currently using it and NFS. It relies on having a network connection though, which for me means switching between Host-Only and NAT adapters regularly as I move around – so not as nice.

I’ve since found reports that Shared Folders don’t work yet, which I gather is behind your response too. So I’ll live with this until they do.

Do you have confirmation that 2.1.2 will have support for them for Win7?

Thanks

By: Taylor Gerring

Taylor Gerring — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:20:20 +0000

Tony:I've made a new post on a workaround for Shared Folders until VirtualBox 2.1.2 is released.