Category: Virtual Box

Using ReactOS, some more random notes.

Posted on: March 29, 2023 by Mike
Categories: ReactOS, Virtual Box, watcom v2
Tags: reactos, watcom

So, first item, I have been using the nightly release builds. I started with the 0.4.14 version, but I wanted to try a newer version. As a note, upgrading from […]

ReactOS as a 32bit Open Watcom Dev Environment

Posted on: June 11, 2022 by Mike
Categories: bootldr, ReactOS, system boot, Virtual Box
Tags: boot, reactos, virtual box

I was having problems with the old Windows XP VM I use to compile Open Watcom (OW) boot projects. This VM is an image of my original XP Desktop install […]

skiftOS

Posted on: February 7, 2021 by Mike
Categories: operating systems, Virtual Box
Tags: OS, Virtualbox

So on OS News I see skiftOS: a hobby operating system and the description reads: skiftOS is a hobby operating system built for learning and for fun targeting the x86 […]

Virtual Box VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_ACCESSIBLE error.

Posted on: October 6, 2015 by Mike
Categories: Virtual Box
Tags: error, VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_ACCESSIBLE, virtual box

I saw this in the logs of both VB 4.3.30 and 5+: Failed to open “/dev/vboxdrvu”, errno=13, rc=VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_ACCESSIBLE Which based on this post (Ref) is caused by having the wrong […]

Virtual Box 5.0 in Portage!

Posted on: July 14, 2015 by Mike
Categories: Gentoo, Open Watcom, Virtual Box
Tags: gentoo, virtual box

I guess just in time for Windows 10??? emerge –unmerge -p virtualbox Same old catch if you want the BIOS compiled then Open Watcom is needed.  To be specific, I […]

Virtualbox in Seamless Mode

Posted on: February 14, 2015 by Mike
Categories: Gentoo, Virtual Box

I finally got around to getting a good Virtual Box install and am able to use it in seamless mode.  Not the best picture, but so what.  Click it for […]