CF9 on VirtualBox

Question

I have a clean install of WinXP SP3 on VirtualBox (Main computer is also WinXP SP3). I have installed CF9, IIS and SQL Server Express 2008 R2. These are the only things installed on this VM machine.
I had no installation problems.
I can get to the CF Administrator and I created the Database connection.
My problem is I don't know where root folder is to where the files are stored?
I go to localhost or 127.0.0.1 and I get pop-up window that asks for a username and password.
I did create a file 'index.cfm' and placed it in the /inetput/wwwroot directory and if I go to localhost/index.cfm I get a coldfusion error saying that the file can not be found.
I haven't done this in a long time, any help would greatly be appreciated.

Answer 1

It's quite doable to have both 8 and 9 on the same system.  You just have to use one of the more advanced installtaion options rather then the basic "Stand Alone" option.  Instead you use one of the Java Server options, i.e. J2EE or Multi-home.  Then you can easily install one "CF8" java server and one "CF9" java server.  They each get their own space are are completely seperate from each other.
Otherwise, you could just print out some sort of "What's New in CF9" document and keep it on hand while doing development you know is going to go on CF8.  You will find that ColdFusion has a pretty good track record with compitability so you should have little problem with this just as long as you avoid the well documented new features.