VirtualBox boot problem

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 2023-03-23 at 08:54 -0400, Robert Heller wrote:
> You *might* be better off using QEMU/KVM for virtualization. [snip]
> I am pretty sure it will support boot/install from a flash drive.

Hi,

I'm a Virtual Machine Manager QEMU/KVM and a VirtualBox user.

VirtualBox provides

   - a seamless windows feature
   - shared clipboard
   - shared folders

With QEMU those things are complicated and/or impossible, see

   https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/QEMU#Sharing_data_between_host_and_guest
   
While I'm not using VirtualBox's seamless windows feature, I like the
sharing related features that much that I accept

   - way too often recurring serious problems due to VirtualBox updates
     of a rolling release
   - hardly bearable poor performance (the main reason for me to buy a
     new, faster computer)

On a release model distro, especially with LTS releases, recurring
serious problems shouldn't happen way too often. The performance of
VirtualBox hopefully depends on the CPU and RAM and might be ok on hosts
running on decent hardware (I'll report back soon).

Regards,
Ralf