Virtualbox Questions

VB 2.0.2
Host: WinXP
Guest: WinXP

How do I configure bios dmi? I have already installed the guest.

1 VBoxManage setextradata "My VM" \
2 "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBIOSVendor" \
3 "Host BIOS Vendor"

line 1 What goes in "My VM"?

line 2 Do I have to change anything on this line?

line 3 I assume this is the actual bios company and bios version. Is that correct?

The only search info I was able to find was with a host = Linux.

Do I have to use all commands in 9.13 of the user manual?

 

In VirtualBox, Can I use the Snapshots like a back up image?

Install OS. Take a snapshot. If current vm state has issues, install snapshot and continue on.

 

Yeh snapshots are kinda like a backup image. If you mess up the current snapshot you can revert to the previous one and all changes since then are undone. You can only go backwards tho and once you've reverted back the previous snapshot is gone.

 

1 VBoxManage setextradata "My VM" \
2 "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBIOSVendor" \
3 "Host BIOS Vendor"

line 1 What goes in "My VM"?

Is it the General name or the My VM.vdi name?
I have two seperate names. Not sure which to use.


Any help is appreciated,

Searching

 

I guess not a lot of people here are using VB.

VMware Server is free, maybe I should try that out.
VB forums, asking their too.

Patience man, patience. You'll be able to use VB one day. (Talking to self in the third person.)