====== Transformation machine physique vers virtuel - OEM ======

DMI BIOS settings (information taken from this thread)
If you have an OEM version of Windows XP you should set these additional parameters as follows so your copy of Windows does not have to be reactivated. In total there are 13 such parameters (which you can set, see section 9.13 in the manual). To determine them use the below commands.

First use dmidecode -t0:


    vt@vt:~$ sudo dmidecode -t0
    # dmidecode 2.9
    SMBIOS 2.3 present.
    Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 20 bytes
    BIOS Information
            Vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
            Version: A12
            Release Date: 08/26/2004
            Address: 0xF0000
            Runtime Size: 64 kB
            ROM Size: 512 kB
            Characteristics:
                    PCI is supported
                    PNP is supported
                    [...]
            Bios Revision: 2.3
            Firmware Revision: 2.3


This determines: DmiBIOSVendor (Dell Computer Corporation), DmiBIOSVersion (A12), DmiBIOSReleaseDate (08/26/2004), DmiBIOSReleaseMajor (2), DmiBIOSReleaseMinor (3), DmiBIOSFirmwareMajor (2) and DmiBIOSFirmwareMinor (3).

If Bios and Firmware Revisions are not listed, set them both to the version of SMBIOS.

Subsequently run dmidecode -t1:


    vt@vt:~$ sudo dmidecode -t1
    # dmidecode 2.9
    SMBIOS 2.3 present.
    Handle 0x0100, DMI type 1, 25 bytes
    System Information
            Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
            Product Name: Dimension 4600i             
            Version: Not Specified
            Serial Number: JTGL999
            UUID: 99999C9C-9999-9999-999C-CAC99F999999
            Wake-up Type: Power Switch
            Family: X86-based PC


This determines: DmiSystemVendor (Dell Computer Corporation), DmiSystemProduct (Dimension 4600i), DmiSystemVersion (Not Specified), DmiSystemSerial (JTGL999), DmiSystemUuid (99999C9C-9999-9999-999C-CAC99F999999) and DmiSystemFamily (X86-based PC).

If a field is not shown or indicates "Not Specified" fill it in as "<EMPTY>" (see below).

Now you can use the VBoxManage setextradata command to set these fields. The easiest way is to do this with a script:


    #! /bin/bash
    VM_NAME="xpraw" # Name of your Virtual Machine
    VSETED="VBoxManage setextradata $VM_NAME"
    CFG_PATH="VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config"
    $VSETED $CFG_PATH/DmiBIOSVendor       "Dell Computer Corporation"
    $VSETED $CFG_PATH/DmiBIOSVersion      "A12"
    $VSETED $CFG_PATH/DmiBIOSReleaseDate  "08/26/2004"
    $VSETED $CFG_PATH/DmiBIOSReleaseMajor  2
    $VSETED $CFG_PATH/DmiBIOSReleaseMinor  3
    $VSETED $CFG_PATH/DmiBIOSFirmwareMajor 2
    $VSETED $CFG_PATH/DmiBIOSFirmwareMinor 3
    $VSETED $CFG_PATH/DmiSystemVendor     "Dell Computer Corporation"
    $VSETED $CFG_PATH/DmiSystemProduct    "Dimension 4600i"