Sun xVM VirtualBox on Windows 7 Beta

Here's what you can do with VirtualBox if you have got enough RAM.

Above screenshot depicts three installations of RHEL 5.0 running as guest operating system on Windows 7 host.

Operating System: RHEL 5.0

On my Compaq Laptop PC I had to edit xorg.conf to get the display working at 1280x800.

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Section "Screen"

Identifier "Screen0"

Device "Videocard0"

DefaultDepth 24

SubSection "Display"

Viewport 0 0

Depth 24

Modes "1280x800"

EndSubSection

EndSection

#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Operating System: Ubuntu 8.10

Under Ubuntu 8.10 you should use Host key (Right ctrl key)+ F

for Fullscreen mode then CTRL+G for native guest resolution.

In both cases you have to first install Guest Additions For Linux .