Subj : virtual box install on win7
To   : Arelor
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Jan 02 2025 09:03:00

Hello Arelor!

 >> Anyone here have experience in installing VirtualBox on a Win7
 >> machine?
 >>

 A> I suspect your issue is you are trying to instal a modern
 A> Virtualbox on an old unsupported OS. Check your Virtualbox
 A> version supports Windows 7 as a host.

That does seem to be the case, unawares.  The Oracle site did  
not mention any win7 limitations up front.  I will look into  
the docs as you mentioned.  Meanwhile, I got a tip from someone  
else that 6.0.24 would be my best shot.

6.0.24 install went rather smooth, but it killed access to the  
internet!  I was able to talk to my router and local network  
devices, but there was no access to the outside.

I rebooted several times and restarted my usual things like  
Tailscale VPN several times, but the internet refused to  
recover.

I ended up doing a system Restore back to the point before all  
this started.  That recovered the internet.  But at this point,  
I am not too excited to try all that again just yet.


 A> If you just want to use yt-dlp for casual use I would just
 A> get a copy of Tiny Core Linux or a similar compact Live
 A> Linux distribution and boot from it. It is much saner and
 A> leaner on resources than setting a virtualization stack on
 A> an old machine.

yt-dlp is my driving force for all this.  Apprently, Win7 is  
nolonger supported primarily because the newest yt-dlp needs  
Python 3.9, but Win7 cannot use Python 3.9  :(

I just wanted a simple convenient way to pull vid material when  
needed.  A linux intance via VB sounded ideal.  I really don't  
want to boot with a live-CD each time I discover a vid that  
looks interesting.

Meanwhile..  I learned about coLinux and andLinux. The concept  
for those sound like a good alternative.  But I have to hope  
that they will support python 3.9.
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