Virtualization on Fedora

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UnFortunately I have to run specific apps on windows (since if it run on wine, it keep give me an error).

  1. try to user virt-manager, it stuck on installation windows 10 and windows11. after I load Installation ISO (download form Microsoft), it just stuck. both ISO recognize by virt-manager as win11 ??
  2. try use virtualbox. Installation is fine.
    I can run windows but with smaller display (host (fedora 37) screen resolution : 1920x1080, while guest (windows 11 only 1024x768).

is there a way to change display of guest (windows) resolution ? the installation Virtualbox Guest Additions CD is fail since I use virtualbox from rpmfusion, so I have to install it (guest additions) from RPMFusion too.

[agun76@fedora script]$ dnf info virtualbox-guest-additions.x86_64
Last metadata expiration check: 0:07:18 ago on Fri May 5 16:39:16 2023.
Installed Packages
Name : virtualbox-guest-additions
Version : 7.0.8
Release : 1.fc37
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 2.7 M
Source : virtualbox-guest-additions-7.0.8-1.fc37.src.rpm
Repository : @System
From repo : updates
Summary : VirtualBox Guest Additions
URL : VirtualBox – Oracle VM VirtualBox
License : GPLv2 or (GPLv2 and CDDL)
Description : This package replaces the application of Virtualbox’s own methodology to
: install Guest Additions (in menu: Devices | Insert Guest Additions CD-image file).
: VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for
: enterprise as well as home use. This package contains the VirtualBox
: Guest Additions which support better integration of VirtualBox guests
: with the Host, including file sharing, clipboard sharing and Seamless mode.
: Aditional note: this package can be installed on an non-guest system, because it is
: harmless and services would not run anyway.

[agun76@fedora script]$ dnf info VirtualBox-7.0.8-1.fc37.x86_64
Last metadata expiration check: 0:07:26 ago on Fri May  5 16:39:16 2023.
Installed Packages
Name         : VirtualBox
Version      : 7.0.8
Release      : 1.fc37
Architecture : x86_64
Size         : 49 M
Source       : VirtualBox-7.0.8-1.fc37.src.rpm
Repository   : @System
From repo    : rpmfusion-free-updates
Summary      : A general-purpose full virtualizer for PC hardware
URL          : http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox
License      : GPLv2 or (GPLv2 and CDDL)
Description  : VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for
             : enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature
             : rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only
             : professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under
             : the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.
             : 
             : Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and Solaris hosts and
             : supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to
             : Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows
             : 10), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4, 2.6, 3.x and 4.x), Solaris and OpenSolaris,
             : OS/2, and OpenBSD.
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Have you installed the virtualbox tools for windows in the windows system?
I think with out them you may not be able to resize the virtual screen.

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Was it stuck like you couldn’t move forward? Or was it just that it detected both ISOs as Windows 11? The ISO image detection isn’t too big a deal unless it’s grossly wrong; like you insert a Windows ISO and it detects it as Cloud9 OS (lol).

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Thanks Barry, Do you know how to get that tools ? I try to googling …it seems all suggestions is to get it from Guest Additions CD Image

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it just stop after final forward. the screen doesn’t change (does not show installation of windows OS, just image with word Tianno something).
both ISO detected as win11 by virt-manager. I try to use win 10 ISO, since there is a recommendation to use win 10 instead 11 since not yet supported by virt-manager.

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Sorry i do not use virtualbox, i was speaking with knowledge of how virtmanager, vmware work.

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Finally I found the solution :

  1. just download ISO File : guest addition from virtual box
  2. mount it in Virtualbox
  3. install it in guest

case close !!