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Best way to run a windows VM on headless ubuntu?
randomguy55
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I want to run a windows instance on a headless ubuntu.
I tryed virtualbox, but it was never able to connect to the internet.
Any ideas?
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KVM?
I was thinking that, but how hard is it to use without buying a panel?
run virt-manager on your computer or over ssh's X forwarding and it's easy.
I use KVM at hand...
$qemu-kvm bla bla
Physical machine, right -- what CPU? I usually recommend VMWare Player over qemu-kvm or virtualbox for a Windows guest. It provides a built-in VNC for the guest and you can run and configure over console/VNC.
In general, for most headless needs, VNC for initial setup + xvfb (fake X server) almost always works as a last resort.
Its a personal server with 16GB of ram with volumedrive.
I decided that with so much free ram, why not install xserver... and vnc XD
So I just installed that instead of mucking around with CLI.
With virtualbox, if it's just for personal use, check out phpVirtualBox:
(In case you don't want to deal with CLI)
http://code.google.com/p/phpvirtualbox/
I do like CLI and virtualbox, I just could not get network working with virtualbox.
X11 forwarding is sooo slow, and kvm is shit without an interface.
[nvm, read above post wrong]
Or this: https://code.google.com/p/phpvirtualbox/
Jeez...and you hadn't installed VNC because (gasp) X would take up a few MB? I've run VNC (actually, try xrdp -- somewhat more efficient) on an as-needed basis on 96MB OVZ VPSs!