Win 7 work on Virtual Box?

[mc866]

Anyone get this to work? Tried it last night and it didn't seem to work. Do any of the VM's work with Win 7?

 

[dawza]

Currently running the beta (x86 version) on Virtual PC 2007, Vista 64 SP1 host.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: dawza
Currently running the beta (x86 version) on Virtual PC 2007, Vista 64 SP1 host.

Ditto

 

[compman25]

I have Win7 running as a guest in VirtualBox under linux.

 

[Blayze]

Is there a way to do this with a Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit machine? I would rather do this than repartition, etc...

Also does it matter if you use the 32 or 64 bit version in the virtual box?

 

[mc866]

I guess I should mention I tried 64 bit, didn't try 32 bit just yet

 

[compman25]

Originally posted by: mc866
I guess I should mention I tried 64 bit, didn't try 32 bit just yet

I'm using the 64 bit version of ubuntu with win7 x64 as the guest.

 

[ChronoReverse]

You could also install Win7 to a VHD file on your existing filesystem. This way you can dual-boot without having to repartition.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: ChronoReverse
You could also install Win7 to a VHD file on your existing filesystem. This way you can dual-boot without having to repartition.

How do you do that?

 

[Boo Boo]

couldnt get 64 win 7 to load on my vmware so i had to stick with 32 for now, but my main os is 64

 

[mc866]

Just an update, got Win 7 32 bit to load on vbox and as of yesterday it appears the guest additions also work on Win 7

 

[imported_madMike]

Have you tried Microsoft Virtual PC 2007? Or are you running a Linux based OS?

http://keznews.com/5241_Instal...th_Virtual_PC_2007_SP1 Here's a guide for MS VPC 2007 and Win 7.

 

[mc866]

Don't like VirtualPC personally, wanted to stay with Virtual Box and the update they provided greatly increased the Win 7 support so I'm happy to see that.

 

[brxndxn]

Make sure to create a new virtual machine before you try to install Windows 7 beta.. If you try to install the current beta over any other virtual machine (including a previous Windows 7 build), it will not work.