Table of Contents Whereas gave you a quick introduction to VirtualBox and how to get your first virtual machine running, the following chapter describes in detail how to configure virtual machines. You have considerable latitude in deciding what virtual hardware will be provided to the guest.

Mac's and serial TTY's. Mac's are excellent tools for. Silicon Labs - CP210x USB to UART Bridge Virtual COM Port. As you can use the Mac OS X built in.

The virtual hardware can be used for communicating with the host system or with other guests. For instance, if you provide VirtualBox with the image of a CD-ROM in an ISO file, VirtualBox can present this image to a guest system as if it were a physical CD-ROM. Similarly, you can give a guest system access to the real network via its virtual network card, and, if you so choose, give the host system, other guests, or computers on the Internet access to the guest system. Windows NT 4.0 All versions, editions and service packs are fully supported; however, there are some issues with older service packs.

We recommend to install service pack 6a. Guest Additions are available with a limited feature set. Windows 2000 / XP / Server 2003 / Vista / Server 2008 / 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 RTM 10240 / Server 2012 All versions, editions and service packs are fully supported (including 64-bit versions, under the preconditions listed below). Guest Additions are available. Windows 8 and later requires hardware virtualization to be enabled. DOS / Windows 3.x / 95 / 98 / ME Limited testing has been performed.

Use beyond legacy installation mechanisms not recommended. No Guest Additions available. Linux 2.4 Limited support.

Linux 2.6 All versions/editions are fully supported (32 bits and 64 bits). Guest Additions are available. We strongly recommend using a Linux kernel version 2.6.13 or higher for better performance. Note Certain Linux kernel releases have bugs that prevent them from executing in a virtual environment; please see for details. Silver 1999 Windows Xp Patch. Linux 3.x and later All versions/editions are fully supported (32 bits and 64 bits). Guest Additions are available.

Solaris 10 (u6 and higher), Solaris 11 (including Solaris 11 Express) Fully supported (64 bits, prior to Solaris 11 11/11 also 32 bits). Guest Additions are available. FreeBSD Requires hardware virtualization to be enabled.

Limited support. Guest Additions are not available yet. OpenBSD Requires hardware virtualization to be enabled. Versions 3.7 and later are supported.

Guest Additions are not available yet. OS/2 Warp 4.5 Requires hardware virtualization to be enabled. We officially support MCP2 only; other OS/2 versions may or may not work. Guest Additions are available with a limited feature set. [] Mac OS X VirtualBox 3.2 added experimental support for Mac OS X guests, but this comes with restrictions.

Please see the following section as well as. 3.1.1. Mac OS X guests Starting with version 3.2, VirtualBox has experimental support for Mac OS X guests. This allows you to install and execute unmodified versions of Mac OS X on supported host hardware. Whereas competing solutions perform modifications to the Mac OS X install DVDs (e.g. Different boot loader and replaced files), VirtualBox is the first product to provide the modern PC architecture expected by OS X without requiring any 'hacks'. You should be aware of a number of important issues before attempting to install a Mac OS X guest. • Mac OS X is commercial, licensed software and contains both license and technical restrictions that limit its use to certain hardware and usage scenarios.