Now that I have VBox running and tweaked to my liking, I would like to
explore the issue of software updates to the Kernel and/or VirtualBox
itself. My question is: does it affect the operation of the application
and alternatively the guest O/S?.
This question may be naive, but I do recall my past experience with
VMPlayer which needed to be recompiled whenever the Kernel of the host
O/S changed.
I am new to VBox and thusly would appreciate comments from experienced
users.
Thank you vey kindly for taking time to reply.
ve3fd;1942970 Wrote:
> Now that I have VBox running and tweaked to my liking, I would like to
> explore the issue of software updates to the Kernel and/or VirtualBox
> itself. My question is: does it affect the operation of the application
> and alternatively the guest O/S?.
>
> This question may be naive, but I do recall my past experience with
> VMPlayer which needed to be recompiled whenever the Kernel of the host
> O/S changed.
>
> I am new to VBox and thusly would appreciate comments from experienced
> users.
> Thank you vey kindly for taking time to reply.
If you are using the repo version
‘Index of /repositories/Virtualization:/VirtualBox/openSUSE_11.1’
(http://tinyurl.com/a72es3)
It will update VBox packages if you leave the repo enabled - which is
fine. major updates to VBox automatically enable you to accept the
update for the guest machine - Never failed yet for me. Installations in
the host have no effect on the actual working of the guest system.
If you install using the Sun .rpm you will need to re-compile the
kernel - There is a Vbox help page here: ‘VirtualBox Installation -
openSUSE’ (http://en.opensuse.org/VirtualBox_Installation)
And of course to update VBox you will need to download the latest .rpm
and install it.
caf4926;1943000 Wrote:
> If you are using the repo version
> ‘Index of /repositories/Virtualization:/VirtualBox/openSUSE_11.1’
> (http://tinyurl.com/a72es3)
> It will update VBox packages if you leave the repo enabled - which is
> fine. major updates to VBox automatically enable you to accept the
> update for the guest machine - Never failed yet for me. Installations in
> the host have no effect on the actual working of the guest system.
>
> If you install using the Sun .rpm you will need to re-compile the
> kernel - There is a Vbox help page here: ‘VirtualBox Installation -
> openSUSE’ (http://en.opensuse.org/VirtualBox_Installation)
>
> And of course to update VBox you will need to download the latest .rpm
> and install it.
Yes, I have installed the repo version. However I was not quite certain
about the issues I was inquiring about. So it is confirmed now to let it
rip, so to speak.
caf4926, you are a gentleman and a scholar to help out with my many
questions. Thank you very kindly.