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1. #When using windows loader on bootcamp for mac, what slic do i pick install
2. #When using windows loader on bootcamp for mac, what slic do i pick zip file

VBoxManage setextradata "SomeVirtualBoxVM-Name" "VBoxInternal/Devices/acpi/0/Config/CustomTable" "/some/path/which/has/your/bin/file/DELL_SLIC.BIN"Ī) you'll replace "SomeVirtualBoxVM-Name" with the name of the W7 VM you created above.ī) will be replaced with the path and file name of the "bin" file you'll be using. Once you have it there, you'll need to do the following. Use the BIN file - and move it to your Linux host box.

You can dump all the other files - you won't need them. It's called Table_Dell_SLIC.BIN or something similar.

#When using windows loader on bootcamp for mac, what slic do i pick zip file

Īnyway, in that thread, there's a linked zip file with the SLIC table included. There's a post on "my digital life" that talks about a W7 guest on a W7 host - but clearly this isn't what I'm trying to do. So, I did some google searches with the terms "virtualbox slic 2.1" So, it's easiest for me to find a SLIC table I can grab elsewhere, instead of trying to generate my own. I've had a difficult time grabbing the SLIC table - in one box I tried this with, there was no SLIC table.

#When using windows loader on bootcamp for mac, what slic do i pick install

I'm using a DELL OEM install disk and my host box has an Dell OEM COA. In my case, I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 and a current version of VirtBox Here's a way to get SLIC 2.1 activation to work for a Windows 7 guest in a Linux host. Working Windows 7, SLIC 2.1 self activation I have no idea how Windows authentication works, so I can't explain it, but now I'm happy. But once I reauthenticated by phone it stayed authenticated between boots. Then I got the "Must Authenticate By Phone" message so I thought I was really lost. What threw me was that when I switched from BootCamp to VBox I got the "Must Authenticate" message so I assumed I had failed, and I had to reenter the product key. "sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=myMBR.mbr bs=512 count=1" I could not get this to work. " Enable one adapter and set its MAC address to that of your real network card." Well this won't work if you run VBox in bridged network mode, which I need. What did NOT work: Pedro's method in the Howtos and Tutorials section (. I can't tell you why but now I'm able to boot Windows 7 via both BootCamp on my Mac and in VBox without having to reauthenticate.