#Parallels desktop 9 for mac virtualbox for free#
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When the OS X version leaves beta, i’ll switch from Parallels on my Mac to VirtualBox, at least for my server live backup, so i can make it redundant with the one some kilometres away (call me paranoid if you like) at my workplaces PC.I'm having the same problem, and it just recently started happening. VirtualBox has less overhead then VMWare Server, is simple to configure and as i said, amazingly fast.

#Parallels desktop 9 for mac virtualbox for free#

Also, to have Debian not change the eth number, add the same mac address in the network tap of VirtualBox.Īll this said and done, booting the system was blazing fast and also the backup of my Daily Fratze project which is pulled via rsync from my server, runs extremly smooth and i have absolutely no hassle setting up Ruby on Rails, RMagick and MySQL under the Windows “Operating System” but can use Debian or any other distro with a sane environment.Īfter fiddling around with both VMWare and VirtualBox, i’d prefer VirtualBox over VMWare Server (which is also available for free ). If you already have the bridged described above, you can add the VirtualBox interface with a right click to that bridge. VBoxManage.exe convertdd foobar.bin foobar.vdiįor bridged networking unter VirtualBox the same applies as to QEMU without the need for OpenVPN, you can add a TAP device right from within VirtualBox. Qemu-img.exe convert foobar.hdd foobar.bin I needed to convert the Parallels image from a raw disk format to innoteks vdi format, following the steps explained here.Īll the tools mentioned there are also available under a Windows installation of QEMU and Virtualbox.

#Parallels desktop 9 for mac virtualbox license#

Unfortunately, the QEMU image tool qemu-img.exe repeatedly crashed while converting my Parallels Image to the vmdk format so this was a dead end for me.Īlthough the Parallels image worked fine with QEMU and later on also in our Oracle VM Server as a hw virtualized XEN machine, i was not content and i looked out for VirtualBox which is available under a GPL license without USB support which i don’t need, but is able to use Intel VT-x and AMD-V technology. Performance was quite good (at least at Parallels speed) but i guessed, there was room for more so i look for VMWare.

#Parallels desktop 9 for mac virtualbox install#

The most simple way to install is through OpenVPN Gui for Windows.Īfter install add a new TAP device through the startmenu entry and then, the clou: There are some howtos which recommend enable bridged networking through the Internet Connection Sharing facilities of windows but it’s much simpler than that: Under network connections, select your default LAN Connection, the tap device, right click and choose bridge networks.Īfter that, change the network mode in your QEMU vm from user networking to tap networking and you’re ready to go.

#Parallels desktop 9 for mac virtualbox driver#

First you need the TAP-Win32 driver which is brought to you by the great OpenVPN project. Somewhat complicated is bridged networking with QEMU. I could look up the mac address in the Parallels configuration file, add this number in the QEMU config and voila, everything was up and running. Solutions: The ethxxx devices are bound to the hardware (mac) address. The only problem i had that Debian wouldn’t find my eth0 device although the Realtek 8139too module was loaded. Installation is dead simple and to my surprise, it was enough to convert my Parallels extending image with the Parallels Image Tool to a plain disk which i could use without further changes with QEMU.ĭebian is very stable against the few “hardware” changes. I recommend the QEMU Manager for Windows Users, as this thingy already contains the kqemu virtualization extension. I already knew about QEMU which in contrast to Parallels and VMWare is a processor emulator and not a virtualization tool and therefore must be slower.

#Parallels desktop 9 for mac virtualbox Pc#

In addition: I didn’t want to spend another 50$ for Parallels (i already bought versions 2 and 3 for Mac, should be enough), so i thought about alternatives on my PC running Windows XP as host. My mac is a 2Ghz Core2Duo Mac Book with 3GB Ram, my Pc is a 2.66 Core2Duo Dell with 2GB Ram and Parallels Workstation was way slower on the PC than unter OS X. Equipt with a DVD and my image file from Parallels Desktop, i fired up the PC Version and after fiddling around with some pathes i can confirm that the Parallels Desktop 3.x vms are compatible with Parallels Workstation 2.x vms, at least a vm with a Debian OS inside.īut to me, performance was poor. So i downloaded a copy of Parallels Workstation to install it on my PC at work.

Recently Dell had some very convenient offers on their PowerEdge machines and i could barely resist to buy one, but finally, i managed to: cut the crap, i don’t want to have even more boxes standing around at home.īut i was thinking again: Whats better than one backup? Redundant backups 🙂 For backup and testing purpose i keep a virtualized version of my webserver running under Parallels Desktop for Mac on my mac.