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On 19/11/11 19:27, bad apple wrote: > > > I use VirtualBox very, very heavily all day, every day - it's a really > great tool. Good news - it's about the only thing that Oracle haven't > completely screwed up since taking over the late lamented Sun > Microsystems (see: Solaris, Java, etc). > > I definitely recommend the 4.* series over the OSE edition. Unless you > are a true free software Stallman-devotee just install the Oracle > version (PUEL license vs GPL) and grab the extension pack to enable PXE > boot, USB, etc. You're apparently on something Debian-based so make sure > you use the proper apt repo from > https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads rather than relying on > your distribution to roll in the latest and greatest version. > > Definitely remove the previous version first. Your VMs will be intact > and can be imported to the non-OSE version after install. Current > version to get is: > > [mat@nihilist SRC]$ rpm -qa | grep -i virtualbox > VirtualBox-4.1-4.1.6_74727_rhel6-1.x86_64 > > Cheers, > > Mat > > Further to my last email. I have researched further and I find that my version 74727 is the most recent one for my distro, Maverick. So I have removed the OSE version and installed the new version 4. As you said my previous VM's were found, no problem. Because I use Ext4 there was a warning about the cache, suggesting that I should enable the I/O cache permanently, which I have done. I do like the new version, thanks for the recommendation. All I have to do now is to find our how to install the extension pack. Is that the same as the guest additions? Thanks again Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq