Testing WEB applications on IE browsers under Linux
To test the WEB application under Linux, I use Wine, which successfully launches IE6 and Safari (without SSL). Google Chrome plainly failed to start. About IE7 and IE8 with ies4linux I will not say anything.
After a short search on Google, I found images of virtual machines under Virtual PC with trial Windows . It seems that it is necessary, but alas, Virtual PC for Linux does not exist. Fortunately, the latest versions (2.x) of VirtualBox can work with VHD images.
Instructions for starting a trial'nik Windows with IE7:
1) Install Wine.
2) Install VirtualBox
3) Download the archive with the image “IE7-XPSP3.exe” and execute the command:
In the wizard, unpack the archive.
5) We launch VirtualBox, create a guest system, select the type of OS - Windows XP, set the memory size to about 300Mb (should be enough), add the existing image “XP SP3 with IE7 2008-Dec.vhd” as a hard disk.
6) Run the virtual machine in Safe Mode (press F8 before the Windows boot screen appears).
7) After loading through Run, run the following commands: 8) Reboot the virtual machine. 9) Install software for guest OS:
And then mount the ISO image in the guest OS. Install the driver, reboot.
10) Enjoy life.
Alas, the subsequent addition of trial guest OS causes an error:
So you have to convert disk images as follows:
11) Install qemu (sudo apt-get install qemu).
12) We execute the command:
To convert the VHD image to binary.
13) Then:
To create a VDI image from a binary image.
Here I note that direct conversion from VHD to VDI creates a familiar image
14) Add the resulting VDI image to a new virtual machine.
15) We repeat paragraph 7.
Pros:
- The Trilnik does not require a license, therefore there should be no problems with the law.
- Everything works on completely free software.
Cons
- Every 3-4 months you need to download new images. The last trial image will be expired on April 1st.
After a short search on Google, I found images of virtual machines under Virtual PC with trial Windows . It seems that it is necessary, but alas, Virtual PC for Linux does not exist. Fortunately, the latest versions (2.x) of VirtualBox can work with VHD images.
Instructions for starting a trial'nik Windows with IE7:
1) Install Wine.
sudo apt-get install wine2) Install VirtualBox
sudo apt-get install virtualbox3) Download the archive with the image “IE7-XPSP3.exe” and execute the command:
wine IE7-XPSP3.exeIn the wizard, unpack the archive.
5) We launch VirtualBox, create a guest system, select the type of OS - Windows XP, set the memory size to about 300Mb (should be enough), add the existing image “XP SP3 with IE7 2008-Dec.vhd” as a hard disk.
6) Run the virtual machine in Safe Mode (press F8 before the Windows boot screen appears).
7) After loading through Run, run the following commands: 8) Reboot the virtual machine. 9) Install software for guest OS:
sc config processor start= disabled
sc config intelppm start= disabledwget download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/2.0.4/VBoxGuestAdditions_2.0.4.isoAnd then mount the ISO image in the guest OS. Install the driver, reboot.
10) Enjoy life.
Alas, the subsequent addition of trial guest OS causes an error:
A hard disk with UUID {b6202eec-1791-b921-4c0c-4306e34cc487} or with the same properties ('/home/user/XP SP3 with IE7 2008-Dec.vhd') is already registered.So you have to convert disk images as follows:
11) Install qemu (sudo apt-get install qemu).
12) We execute the command:
qemu-img convert -f vpc XP\ SP3\ with\ IE7\ 2008-Dec.vhd -O raw XPIE7.binTo convert the VHD image to binary.
13) Then:
vboxmanage convertdd XPIE7.bin XPIE7.vdiTo create a VDI image from a binary image.
Here I note that direct conversion from VHD to VDI creates a familiar image
14) Add the resulting VDI image to a new virtual machine.
15) We repeat paragraph 7.
Pros:
- The Trilnik does not require a license, therefore there should be no problems with the law.
- Everything works on completely free software.
Cons
- Every 3-4 months you need to download new images. The last trial image will be expired on April 1st.