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#1
Member
Registered: Mar 2007
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Distribution: Lubuntu 17.10 x64
Posts: 510
Rep:
Settings for VirtualBox holding winxp.
What are your settings in virtual box when using it as a virtual machine for winxp? I mean: Amount of ram, video and hard disc.
#2
LQ 5k Club
Registered: Dec 2008
Location: Tamil Nadu, India
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 8,578
C: 4 GB .vdi file (so it can be backed up to DVD).
Swap: 300 MB .vdi file (split out from the C: .vdi file so it is not backed up).
D: is samba mounted from host and contains all data including most of the user's profile (so user data can be accessed from host and guest and is backed up during host backups).
Code:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<VirtualBox xmlns="http://www.innotek.de/VirtualBox-settings" version="1.7-linux">
<Machine OSType="WindowsXP" uuid="{defc8b91-7d80-4d33-2cac-b6d229b187fc}" name="WXP" lastStateChange="2009-09-13T15:26:25Z">
<ExtraData>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/SaveMountedAtRuntime" value="no"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/LastWindowPostion" value="4,19,1272,1002"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/Fullscreen" value="off"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/Seamless" value="off"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/AutoresizeGuest" value="on"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/LastCloseAction" value="powerOff"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/MiniToolBarAutoHide" value="on"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/ShowMiniToolBar" value="no"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/MiniToolBarAlignment" value="bottom"/>
</ExtraData>
<Hardware>
<CPU count="2">
<HardwareVirtEx enabled="true"/>
<HardwareVirtExNestedPaging enabled="true"/>
<PAE enabled="true"/>
</CPU>
<Memory RAMSize="1003" />
<Boot>
<Order position="1" device="HardDisk"/>
</Boot>
<Display VRAMSize="128 " monitorCount="1" accelerate3D="false"/>
<RemoteDisplay enabled="false" port="3389" authType="Null" authTimeout="5000"/>
<BIOS>
<ACPI enabled="true"/>
<IOAPIC enabled="true"/>
<Logo fadeIn="true" fadeOut="true" displayTime="0"/>
<BootMenu mode="MessageAndMenu"/>
<TimeOffset value="0"/>
<PXEDebug enabled="false"/>
</BIOS>
<DVDDrive passthrough="false"/>
<FloppyDrive enabled="true"/>
<USBController enabled="true" enabledEhci="true">
<DeviceFilter name="Prolific Technology Inc. USB Mass Storage Device [0100]" active="true" vendorId="067b" productId="2517" revision="0100" manufacturer="" product="" serialNumber="" port="" remote="no"/>
<DeviceFilter name="USB Mass Storage [0100]" active="true" vendorId="04cb" productId="0177" revision="0100" manufacturer="" product="" serialNumber="" port="" remote="no"/>
<DeviceFilter name="Canon,Inc. MF5750" active="true" vendorId="04a9" productId="265e" revision="0000" manufacturer="" product="" serialNumber="" port="" remote="no"/>
<DeviceFilter name="ISSCEDRBTA [0373]" active="true" vendorId="1131" productId="1004" revision="0373" manufacturer="" product="" serialNumber="" port="" remote="no"/>
</USBController>
<Network>
<Adapter slot="0" enabled="true" MACAddress="080027764976" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973">
<BridgedInterface name="tap0"/>
</Adapter>
<Adapter slot="1" enabled="false" MACAddress="080027A8E2AF" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="2" enabled="false" MACAddress="080027E9B2DB" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="3" enabled="false" MACAddress="0800279055C3" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="4" enabled="false" MACAddress="08002727CB4C" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="5" enabled="false" MACAddress="0800271E90BC" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="6" enabled="false" MACAddress="080027AB933B" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
<Adapter slot="7" enabled="false" MACAddress="0800278B74A7" cable="true" speed="0" type="Am79C973"/>
</Network>
<UART>
<Port slot="0" enabled="false" IOBase="0x3f8" IRQ="4" hostMode="Disconnected"/>
<Port slot="1" enabled="false" IOBase="0x3f8" IRQ="4" hostMode="Disconnected"/>
</UART>
<LPT>
<Port slot="0" enabled="false" IOBase="0x378" IRQ="4"/>
<Port slot="1" enabled="false" IOBase="0x378" IRQ="4"/>
</LPT>
<AudioAdapter controller="AC97" driver="Pulse" enabled="false"/>
<SharedFolders/>
<Clipboard mode="Bidirectional"/>
<Guest memoryBalloonSize="0" statisticsUpdateInterval="0"/>
<GuestProperties>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/Product" value="Windows XP Professional" timestamp="1252855220697392000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/Release" value="5.1.2600" timestamp="1252855220715308000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/ServicePack" value="2" timestamp="1252855220734995000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/InstallDir" value="C:/Program Files/Sun/VirtualBox Guest Additions" timestamp="1252855220746164000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Revision" value="52128" timestamp="1252855220746281000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Version" value="3.0.6" timestamp="1252855220746606000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxControl.exe" value="3.0.6r52128" timestamp="1252855220749286000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxHook.dll" value="3.0.6r52128" timestamp="1252855220757033000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxDisp.dll" value="3.0.6r52128" timestamp="1252855220759105000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxMRXNP.dll" value="3.0.6r52128" timestamp="1252855220761324000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxService.exe" value="3.0.6r52128" timestamp="1252855220761954000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxTray.exe" value="3.0.6r52128" timestamp="1252855220764697000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxGuest.sys" value="3.0.6r52128" timestamp="1252855220785807000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxMouse.sys" value="3.0.6r52128" timestamp="1252855220787840000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxSF.sys" value="3.0.6r52128" timestamp="1252855220789979000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxVideo.sys" value="3.0.6r52128" timestamp="1252855220797812000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/LoggedInUsers" value="0" timestamp="1252855580998936000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/OS/NoLoggedInUsers" value="true" timestamp="1252855580999022000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxGINA.dll" value="3.0.6r52128" timestamp="1252855220766863000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxOGLarrayspu.dll" value="3.0.6r52128" timestamp="1252855220769059000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxOGLcrutil.dll" value="3.0.6r52128" timestamp="1252855220771546000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxOGLerrorspu.dll" value="3.0.6r52128" timestamp="1252855220774321000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxOGLpackspu.dll" value="3.0.6r52128" timestamp="1252855220776749000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxOGLpassthroughspu.dll" value="3.0.6r52128" timestamp="1252855220778969000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxOGLfeedbackspu.dll" value="3.0.6r52128" timestamp="1252855220781111000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Components/VBoxOGL.dll" value="3.0.6r52128" timestamp="1252855220783271000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/HostInfo/GUI/LanguageID" value="C" timestamp="1252855028883396000" flags=""/>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/Count" value="0" timestamp="1252855580999679000" flags=""/>
</GuestProperties>
</Hardware>
<StorageControllers>
<StorageController name="IDE" type="PIIX4" PortCount="2">
<AttachedDevice type="HardDisk" port="0" device="0">
<Image uuid="{699a9aa3-7991-44ca-47bb-a1a911e1fddc}"/>
</AttachedDevice>
<AttachedDevice type="HardDisk" port="0" device="1">
<Image uuid="{7962d20c-9400-4aa0-ffb8-761e09f63343}"/>
</AttachedDevice>
</StorageController>
</StorageControllers>
</Machine>
</VirtualBox>
#3
Senior Member
Registered: Jun 2008
Location: Eelam
Distribution: Redhat, Solaris, Suse
Posts: 1,278
Rep:
what is your host hardware specification? and what performance you are expecting for guest operating system?
#4
Member
Registered: Dec 2008
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Distribution: Slackware 15.0
Posts: 619
@catkin : 300 MB swap file on separate drive! that's a jolly good idea. can you explain how you go about setting that from a Windows X perspective ? clearly it's easy to create a disk of whatever size you want under VBox, but the process you use to make swap (under Windows XP) go on to it is not so obvious.
#5
LQ 5k Club
Registered: Dec 2008
Location: Tamil Nadu, India
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 8,578
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Mark Pettit
@catkin : 300 MB swap file on separate drive! that's a jolly good idea. can you explain how you go about setting that from a Windows X perspective ? clearly it's easy to create a disk of whatever size you want under VBox, but the process you use to make swap (under Windows XP) go on to it is not so obvious.
Something like this. Used VirtualBox to set up an IDE 0 slave (1.75 GB but have never used anything like that -- was just to see how much was actually required). In WXP, Used Disk Manager to format the virtual volume on IDE 0 slave and use it as Z:. It will be almost full, as far as WXP is concerned. To avoid constant useless reminders:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"=dword:00000001
Code:
"Control Panel"->System->Advanced->Advanced
Virtual memory
Change
Z: [PAGEFILE]
Initial size (MB): 1750
Maximum size (MB): 1750
C:
No paging file
Set
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