VirtualBox on Mac for EcuTek - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

AllDayJonRay · 04-02-2013, 11:40 PM

Anyone currently running VirtualBox on a Mac to use EcuTek software?? EcuTek's website says that virtual machines are not supported, but I know @Visconti uses his Mac for tuning (though he uses BootCamp). I know there's at least one member on here using VirtualBox, but can't remember who.

If anyone can assist me in setting up my virtual machine, I would sincerely appreciate it. To be specific, I don't know how much RAM to allocate for the VB, or how to setup the virtual hard-drive (type to select, size...).

in advance for helping!

Laika · 04-02-2013, 11:48 PM

I originally had John refund my deposit back in the original groupbuy when I realized mac's weren't supported. Until I went the bootcamp route...

Do you have any reason not to use bootcamp instead of virtualbox? I've got ecutek running on windows 7 on my macbook pro just fine. 2gb ram and I think 20gb or 40gb of hard drive space allocated for windows. Maybe a bit much when I only use it to tune but I'd rather err on the safe side for that kind of stuff. I haven't noticed any ill effects using OSX since I installed Windows. Then again these days I only use my computer for basic stuff.

AllDayJonRay · 04-02-2013, 11:55 PM

Who ever the other member that recommended VB was said he went with VB because you didn't have to reboot in order to switch from OSX/Windows.

But if no one can help me with VB, I may go the BC route. What is setup like? Simple/straight-forward?

xjohnx · 04-03-2013, 12:13 AM

i haven't used virtualbox, but i have used vmware fusion and parallels (in addition to boot camp), all worked without issue.

Draco_PR23 · 04-03-2013, 01:33 AM

I use Paralles with a copy of Win7 and is working without issues. I upgraded to Win7 because when I was running WinXP for some reason I had trouble running ECUTek software.

Bg8780 · 04-03-2013, 01:36 AM

Bootcamp will be the easy route to go in terms of setup. It's Apple, they make everything simple as possible. If you want to go the VM route I would looks into VMware fusion or Parallells. Even if you setup a bootcamp partition and decide later on to use VM's Vmware fusion and Parallells support booting into the bootcamp partition. In other words, install Windows via boot camp and use it for awhile, when you decide to go virtual you can still use the existing bootcamp partition.

Edit: Virtualbox is still great, just very crude. Not many features. That's why it's free.

Visconti · 04-03-2013, 11:28 AM

Lots of things work so so.

The only correct way to do it is with bootcamp or a windows based pc.

Doing anything else and you'll risk having the flash fail.

John

Tim_Asphalt_FRS · 04-03-2013, 11:36 AM

Just use BootCamp. It's very easy to install windows. Even if you have a non licensed copy.

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2forme · 04-03-2013, 11:42 AM

I run a MBPr 13", but I ripped OSuX off and threw Windows 7 on. Works fine for me.

AllDayJonRay · 04-03-2013, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Visconti

Lots of things work so so.

The only correct way to do it is with bootcamp or a windows based pc.

Doing anything else and you'll risk having the flash fail.

John

Great. Sounds like I will be going with BC. Now, can any of you direct me to a downloadable copy of Windows 7 that I don't have to pay for??

Tim_Asphalt_FRS · 04-03-2013, 02:33 PM

Torrentz.eu

Search Windows 7

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2forme · 04-03-2013, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AllDayJonRay

Great. Sounds like I will be going with BC. Now, can any of you direct me to a downloadable copy of Windows 7 that I don't have to pay for??

You can legally download an install ISO and then illegally use removeWAT to remove the activation stuff once the install is done.

jamesm · 04-03-2013, 03:03 PM

the advantage to virtualization over bootcamp is that with virtualization to can use an 'expanding' virtual disc, whereas with bootcamp you have to partition the drive to a given size regardless of how much you actually use. also, windows apps will run windowed inside of the host os's window manager, rather than having to reboot into an entirely separate os. the upside is bootcamp is usually a bit faster.

there is no reason why the software shouldn't work on a virtual machine. just be sure to share the usb port (under Devices -> USB Devices on virtualbox).

post_break · 04-03-2013, 03:06 PM

Flashing your car with a virtual machine can be risky and is very slow when compared to boot camp.

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Laika When In Doubt... Join Date: May 2011 Drives: Slowww Location: PA215 Posts: 1,844 Thanks: 1,023 Thanked 752 Times in 412 Posts Mentioned: 20 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I originally had John refund my deposit back in the original groupbuy when I realized mac's weren't supported. Until I went the bootcamp route... Do you have any reason not to use bootcamp instead of virtualbox? I've got ecutek running on windows 7 on my macbook pro just fine. 2gb ram and I think 20gb or 40gb of hard drive space allocated for windows. Maybe a bit much when I only use it to tune but I'd rather err on the safe side for that kind of stuff. I haven't noticed any ill effects using OSX since I installed Windows. Then again these days I only use my computer for basic stuff. __________________ Join the Galaxy Blue Silica BRZ registry below: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...2c&usp=sharing

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