I had addressed the release of the version in the German blog post VirtualBox 6.1.28 freigegeben and also mentioned the fix for Windows 11 compatibility. There it says in the meantime 'fixed in 6.1.28'. Oracle has documented the status of the conflict between Virtualbox and Hyper-V in ticket 20536 No VM will start on Windows 11 host.

It was said at the time: Oracle is working on a solution and is expected to release a compatible version of VirtualBox in October 2021. Microsoft had imposed a compatibility lock that prevented these devices from installing Windows 11 or offering the OS as an upgrade on such Windows 10 machines. This was because Microsoft and Oracle had identified a compatibility issue between VirtualBox and Windows 11 when Hyper-V or Windows Hypervisor is installed.Īs a result, virtual machines (VMs) might not start and an error would be displayed. Using Virtualbox together with Hyper-V was not possible in Windows 11. It will offer a guided procedure to link the disk image again, so don't worry.I had pointed out the issue in the blog post Windows 11: Known issues (October 5, 2021). If you move it afterwards, VBox will not find it anymore and will complain about this issue on next start (or when you try to start the VM). It's recommended to place the disk image in a permanent place before linking it with VBox. Click Create to end this guided procedure.

OpenWrt will work fine with much less RAM than the recommended amount, 128 MiB will be enough.Ĭhoose Use an existing hard disk file, click the file icon to open Virtual Media Manager, click Add and choose your openwrt.vdi file using the file chooser window.

Start VirtualBox and click New to add a virtual machine (VM)Ĭhoose a Name for your virtual machine, choose Linux for Type, and Linux 2.6 / 3.x / 4.x (64-bit) for Version, then click Next. Tutorial and screenshots from VirtualBox 5.1.8 on Linux host, on Windows or macOS hosts there will be some cosmetic differences (a different top bar) but the VirtualBox panels and buttons will be exactly the same

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