VirtualBox

Changeset 43970 in vbox


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Timestamp:
Nov 27, 2012 12:52:48 PM (12 years ago)
Author:
vboxsync
Message:

Mods to user manual reflecting mds in 4.2.x 6417

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trunk/doc/manual/en_US
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4 edited

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  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_Frontends.xml

    r42912 r43970  
    169169
    170170      <para>To start a virtual machine with
    171       <computeroutput>VBoxHeadless</computeroutput>, you have two
     171      <computeroutput>VBoxHeadless</computeroutput>, you have three
    172172      options:</para>
    173173
    … …  
    182182
    183183        <listitem>
    184           <para>The alternative is to use
     184          <para>One alternative is to use
    185185          <computeroutput>VBoxHeadless</computeroutput> directly, as
    186186          follows:<screen>VBoxHeadless --startvm &lt;uuid|name&gt;</screen></para>
    … …  
    195195          <computeroutput>VBoxHeadless</computeroutput>.</para>
    196196        </listitem>
     197
     198        <listitem>
     199          <para>The other alternative is to start <computeroutput>VBoxHeadless</computeroutput> from the VirtualBox Manager GUI.
     200          </para>
     201        </listitem>
     202
    197203      </itemizedlist>
    198204

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_GuestAdditions.xml

    r43696 r43970  
    1515    <title>Introduction</title>
    1616
     17       
    1718    <para>As mentioned in <xref linkend="virtintro" />, the Guest Additions
    1819    are designed to be installed <emphasis>inside</emphasis> a virtual machine
    … …  
    236237        A Windows guest should then automatically start the Guest Additions
    237238        installer, which installs the Guest Additions into your Windows
    238         guest.</para>
     239        guest. When the download starts, the Network Operations Manager Window
     240        appears</para>
    239241
    240242        <note>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_Introduction.xml

    r43311 r43970  
    324324
    325325      <listitem>
     326        <para><emphasis role="bold">VM Groups
     327        </emphasis> VirtualBox provides a Groups feature that enables
     328        the user to organize Guest virtual machines collectively, as well as
     329        individually. In addition to basic Groups, it is also possible for any                 
     330        VM to be in more than one Group, and for groups to be nested in a hierarchy
     331        - i.e. Groups of Groups.  In general, the operations that can be performed
     332        on Groups are the same as those that can be applied to individual VMs i.e. 
     333        Start, Pause, Reset, Close (Save state, Send Shutdown, Poweroff), Discard
     334        Saved State, Show in fileSystem, Sort.</para>
     335      </listitem>
     336
     337      <listitem>
    326338        <para><emphasis role="bold">Clean architecture; unprecedented
    327339        modularity.</emphasis> VirtualBox has an extremely modular design with
    … …  
    568580          <para>VirtualBox extension packages have a
    569581          <computeroutput>.vbox-extpack</computeroutput> file name extension.
    570           To install an extension, simply double-click on the package file,
    571           and the VirtualBox Manager will guide you through the required
     582          To install an extension, simply double-click on the package file
     583          and a Network Oprations Manage UI will appear, guiding you through the required
    572584          steps.</para>
    573585
    … …  
    587599  <sect1>
    588600    <title>Starting VirtualBox</title>
     601
     602    <para>NOTE: After becoming familiar with the use of Wizards, consider using the Expert Mode available in some Wizards. Where available, this is selectable using a button, and speeds up user processes using Wizards.</para>
    589603
    590604    <para>After installation, you can start VirtualBox as
    … …  
    639653  </sect1>
    640654
     655  <sect1 id="gui-vmgroups">
     656
     657    <title>Using VM Groups</title>
     658
     659    <para> VM Groups enable the user to create ad hoc Groups of VMs, and to
     660    manage and perform functions on them collectively, as well as individually.
     661    </para>
     662
     663    <para>
     664        There are a number of features relating to Groups.
     665    </para>
     666 
     667    <orderedlist>
     668        <listitem>
     669          <para>
     670            Create a Group using GUI Option 1) Drag one VM on top of another VM.
     671          </para>
     672          <para>
     673            Create a Group using GUI Option 2) Select multiple VMs and select Group on the right click menu, as follows:
     674          </para>
     675
     676          <para><mediaobject>
     677          <imageobject>
     678          <imagedata align="center" fileref="images/vm-Groups.png"
     679                     width="10cm" />
     680          </imageobject>
     681          </mediaobject></para>
     682
     683        </listitem>
     684        <listitem>
     685          <para>
     686            Command Line Option 1) Create Group and assign VM: VBoxManage modifyvm "Fred" --groups "/TestGroup"
     687          </para>
     688          <para>
     689            Command Line Option 2) Detach VM from Group, and delete group if empty: VBoxManage modifyvm "Fred" --groups " "
     690          </para>
     691        </listitem>
     692        <listitem>
     693          <para>
     694            Multiple Groups e.g.: VBoxManage modifyvm "Fred" --groups "/TestGroup" "/TestGroup2"
     695          </para>
     696        </listitem>
     697        <listitem>
     698          <para>
     699            Nested Groups - Hierarchy of Groups e.g.: VBoxManage modifyvm "Fred" --groups "/TestGroup/TestGroup2"
     700          </para>
     701        </listitem>
     702        <listitem>
     703          <para>
     704          Summary of Group commands: Start, Pause, Reset, Close (save state, send shutdown signal, poweroff), Discard Saved State, Show in File System, Sort.
     705          </para>
     706        </listitem>
     707      </orderedlist>
     708  </sect1>
     709
    641710  <sect1 id="gui-createvm">
     711
    642712    <title>Creating your first virtual machine</title>
    643713
    … …  
    16301700  </sect1>
    16311701
     1702  <sect1 id="globalsettings">
     1703    <title>Global Settings</title>
     1704    <para><orderedlist>
     1705        <listitem>
     1706           <para><computeroutput>General</computeroutput> Enables the user to specify the default folder/directory for VM files, and the VRDP Authentication Library. </para>
     1707        </listitem>
     1708        <listitem>
     1709           <para><computeroutput>Input</computeroutput> Enables the user to specify the Host Key - which identifies the key that toggles whether the cursor is in the focus of the VM or the Host operating system windows. </para>
     1710        </listitem>
     1711        <listitem>
     1712           <para><computeroutput>Update</computeroutput> Enables the user to specify various settings for Automatic Updates.</para>
     1713        </listitem>
     1714        <listitem>
     1715           <para><computeroutput>Language</computeroutput> Enables the user to specify the interface Language.</para>
     1716        </listitem>
     1717        <listitem>
     1718           <para><computeroutput>Display</computeroutput> Enables the user to specify the screen resolution, and its width and height.</para>
     1719        </listitem>
     1720        <listitem>
     1721           <para><computeroutput>Network</computeroutput> Enables the user to specify Host Only Networks.</para>
     1722        </listitem>
     1723        <listitem>
     1724           <para><computeroutput>Extensions</computeroutput> Enables the user to observe the installed extension packages.</para>
     1725        </listitem>
     1726        <listitem>
     1727           <para><computeroutput>Proxy</computeroutput> Enables the user to specify use of Proxy Server and its Host and Port ids.</para>
     1728        </listitem>
     1729     </orderedlist></para>
     1730  </sect1>
     1731
    16321732  <sect1 id="frontends">
    16331733    <title>Alternative front-ends</title>

  • trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_VBoxManage.xml

    r43655 r43970  
    683683          </listitem>
    684684
     685
    685686          <listitem>
    686687            <para><computeroutput>--guestmemoryballoon
    … …  
    691692            be specified in megabytes. The default size is 0 megabytes. For
    692693            details, see <xref linkend="guestadd-balloon" />.</para>
     694          </listitem>
     695
     696          <listitem>
     697            <para><computeroutput>--lptmode
     698            &lt;Device&gt; </computeroutput>
     699            Specifies the Device Name of the lpt/parallel port that
     700            the Parallel Port feature will be using. Use this BEFORE --lpt. This feature is Guest specific and unrelated to Host OS.</para>
     701          </listitem>
     702
     703          <listitem>
     704            <para><computeroutput>--lpt
     705            &lt;IOAddress IRQNumber&gt; </computeroutput>
     706            Specifies the I/O address of the lpt/parallel port and the IRQ number that
     707            the Parallel Port feature will be using. Use this AFTER --lptmod. This feature is Guest specific and unrelated to Host OS.</para>
    693708          </listitem>
    694709        </itemizedlist></para>
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