That is very true, and a good point. Unfortunately, I was never able to find any tutorials or even manuals for getting started with the command line interface to Virtualbox. Still, it is definitely worth looking into. On Dec 28, 2013, at 9:38 PM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote:
> I thought Virtualbox was controllable through the terminal so you don't have > to use the GUI. From the manual: > > "VBoxManage is the command-line interface to VirtualBox. With it, you can > completely control VirtualBox from the command line of your host operating > system. VBoxManage supports all the features that the graphical user > interface gives you access to, but it supports a lot more than that. It > exposes really all the features of the virtualization engine, even those that > cannot (yet) be accessed from the GUI." > > https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html > > It's free so why not give it a try. > > CB > > On 12/28/13 2:06 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >> Fusion is $60 last I checked, at least for a personal license. No, >> virtualbox is not at all accessible. Someone once posted a quick tutorial on >> using it to set up a VM on Windows which you'd then import to the Mac. >> Still, when I gave it a try, audio in the vm was extremely low and nothing I >> did would bring it up. I find Fusion to be better, plus, of course, the >> preferences and other settings are accessible. >> On Dec 28, 2013, at 12:37 PM, Littlefield, Tyler <ty...@tysdomain.com> wrote: >> >>> hello: >>> I had a quick question. I don't have the $100 something for vmware fusion, >>> but I wanted to install BSD on my IMac. Anyone know if virtualbox is >>> accessible, or if there are other choices? >>> Thanks, >>> >>> -- >>> Take care, >>> Ty >>> http://tds-solutions.net >>> He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he >>> that dares not reason is a slave. >>> Sent from my Toaster (tm). >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> mehg...@gmail.com >> >> >> > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
