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Sun has released VirtualBox 2.1.2. There isn’t a lot to report on this, because it is a maintenance rather than feature upgrade, but there are a few highlights, including Windows 7 guest support:
- Windows 7 is an operating system type in the GUI
Windows 7 OS Type
- Windows 7 is now a supported OS (see Installing Windows 7 Beta 1 in VirtualBox 2.1.0 and Windows 7 in VirtualBox: Shared Folders workaround)
- The installer now works as expected
- I still can’t get Shared Folders to work
- Support for 1,023 guests on 64-bit hosts (increased from 127)
- Fixes for certain types of VHD images, including pre-built testing images from Microsoft
- Experimental support for X.org Server 1.6
- Various Mac host polish
- Improved USB support for Linux hosts
The full Changelog is available on the VirtualBox website.
- Tags: Announcement, Review, Software, VirtualBox
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1 Response to VirtualBox 2.1.2 released
Installing Windows 7 Beta 1 in VirtualBox 2.1.0 | Idea Excursion
January 22nd, 2009 at 10:34 am
[...] Update: VirtualBox Guest Additions for Windows 7 are now fixed in the 2.1.2 release. [...]