Is it VirtualBox Safe

[liamjake05]

I would like to try out LL 3.0 Beta but I do not know if my computer is fine with that. I am attaching a screenshot of the My Computer in the Lite Control Center for help.

[firenice03]

As hardware goes... looks plenty beefy enough, I have LL3.0 running on less (see Dell Thin in my sig)..

Not sure what you mean by the subject: Is it VirtualBox Safe you may want to update accordingly

[liamjake05]

The Intel site says that my CPU is not virtual compatible. What would be the worst case scenario if problems happen? I am putting this post because when I ran DOSBOX and installed Windows 3.11 the Mouse would cause pixels in the virtual enviorment.

[Wirezfree]

Hi,

In terms of CPU power it should be fine.
I have VBox running on a N3050 Laptop which compared to your E7400..is nearly half of your spec. Benchmarks for E7400 vs N3050
I have only 2GB on Laptop, and alocated 892MB to a WinXP VM that runs fine.
If you look at the spec of of E7400 on Intel site the important thing is "Intel Virtualization Technology"
There is a notation "[color=rgb(83, 86, 90)]‡ This feature may not be available on all computing systems.[/color] "
Look in you BIOS to see if there is an option something like "Enable VT-x"
You have nothing to loose, just try it.

Here is VBox Running WinXP VM on the N3050 and CPU is about 20%


Just a note,
any DOS like MSDOS6.2 or DOS based OS like 3.11/98 will max out your CPU.
You need to install something like DosIdle or CPU Rain in the Guest to tame CPU Halt Cycles.
Do some Googling

[firenice03]

Sorry - I misunderstood the title and the subject to be separate...
3.0 will run on your hardware adding VBox to the mix, it "should" be fine depending on your plans...
The mini in my sig (N270 w/ 1gb) ran vbox fine, it ran freenas, for testing - no gui but had the nas and cloud running. Think I split it the hardware down the middle for the 2think...
No speed demon for sure...

If you want to check/try on your system...
Use systemback you can revert back to a state prior...

[liamjake05]

Hi,

In terms of CPU power it should be fine.
I have VBox running on a N3050 Laptop which compared to your E7400..is nearly half of your spec. Benchmarks for E7400 vs N3050
I have only 2GB on Laptop, and alocated 892MB to a WinXP VM that runs fine.
If you look at the spec of of E7400 on Intel site the important thing is "Intel Virtualization Technology"
There is a notation "[color=rgb(83, 86, 90)]‡ This feature may not be available on all computing systems.[/color] "
Look in you BIOS to see if there is an option something like "Enable VT-x"
You have nothing to loose, just try it.

Here is VBox Running WinXP VM on the N3050 and CPU is about 20%


Just a note,
any DOS like MSDOS6.2 or DOS based OS like 3.11/98 will max out your CPU.
You need to install something like DosIdle or CPU Rain in the Guest to tame CPU Halt Cycles.
Do some Googling

In my BIOS there is no VT-X

[Wirezfree]

O.K,

I can not find the the link...
But I'm sure you can still run "32 Bit Guests" without the the Vt-x
Just download the 32bit LL and try it.

[liamjake05]

What is the worst thing that could happen if something goes wrong? Will any hardware break?

[liamjake05]

Tried it and it works perfectly!!!!!

[Wirezfree]

Great... enjoy your LL vm