VirtualBox 4.1.20 has just dropped, as reported here. The changelog and downloads are in the usual places. I wonder how long it will be until the final version of 4.2 drops? Happy upgrading! Cheers Tim…
VirtualBox 4.1.18 has been released. It’s a maintenance release and the downloads and changelogs are in the normal places. It’s been about 2 years since I switched across to VirtualBox (when the shared virtual disks feature was introduced). In that time there have been loads of updates to the product. In the same time frame, [...]
VirtualBox 4.1.16 has been released. You can download it from the usual place and see the fixes in the changelog. I’ve downloaded the Fedora 17 build, ready for the next weeks final release of Fedora 17… Cheers Tim…
VirtualBox 4.1.14 is ready for download. It’s a maintenance release, with fixes listed in the changelog. Happy upgrading. Cheers Tim…
Just a couple of weeks after the last release, to make sure we didn’t think it was an April fools joke, Oracle waited until April 2nd to release VirtualBox 4.1.12 into the wild. You can see the changelog here. Happy upgrading. Cheers Tim…
I, for one, welcome our new VirtualBox 4.1.10 overlords… See changelog Happy upgrading. Cheers Tim….
Just noticed VirtualBox 4.1.4 has been released. You can see the updates it includes in the Changelog. Happy upgrading. Cheers Tim…
It’s all a bit last minute, but today I decided to do an Oracle 11gR2 (11.2.0.3) RAC installation on Oracle Linux 6.1 using VirtualBox. The 11.2.0.3 patch has fixed all of the installation issues related to RAC on OL6.1, so it was pretty smooth. The procedure can be seen here. Oracle Database 11g Release 2 [...]
The cloning feature in VirtualBox was a welcome addition, but there are a couple of fringe issues to be aware of: If you use the cloning feature to clone a VM that has shared disks (like in a VM RAC setup), the shared disks are also cloned, so you end up with a new VM [...]
As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve kinda ignored the fact that any operating system other than Linux (specifically Oracle Linux) exists. It’s quite easy to do when you are working with Oracle products and you get to choose your own environment. As a vague nod to the fact that Windows does actually exist, I’ve finally got [...]