Virtual box install ?

I have been trying to download the oracle express R2 on my laptop and found that I cannot do this as I have a vista home premium 32bit os installed. I was advised that I could download the virtualbox and then install oracle dbase on here, I have downloaded and installed the virtual box but it will not install the oracle dbase as it is not a OVF file. Does anyone know where I can get this or how I can change my unpacked dbase installation software onto virtual box software.
I am new to this so a step by step guide would be appreciate.
Thank you

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Many people on this forum scream and shout about Oracle not being supported on any "home" edition of Windows and say that it won't work, but that is rubbish. I have been running all realeases of 10g and 11g on Vista Home Premium for years.
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Oracle is NOT supported on any "home" edition of Windows and that is NOT rubbish. It is direct from the many Installation Guides that Oracle publishes.
There are a lot of things you can do with Oracle that may actually work or may only appear to work under certain circumstances.
That doesn't have anything at all to do with whether that release is supported by Oracle or not. Anything that is not supported is used at your own risk.
Here is the link and quote from the Express Edition Installation Guide
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17781_01/install.112/e18803/toc.htm
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Operating system
One of the following Microsoft Windows operating systems:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 - all editions
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 - all editions
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, and Foundation editions. The Server Core option is not supported.
Microsoft Windows 7 - Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions
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Please tell us which of the above indicate that any 'home' edition is supported.
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keep quiet about it being "home" Windows.
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Absolutely TERRIBLE advice.
OP (and everyone) needs to know that Oracle DB is NOT supported on ANY 'home' edition of Windows. It might run or it might not. There might be screwy things that happen that can't be explained or maybe, based on the limited use by OP, no apparent problems manifest themselves.
Based on OPs post they didn't run the DB installer; they tried to import a preconfigured VM image, an OVF file. And although VirtualBox will run on a 'home' edition OP still must install a 'host OS' withing virtualbox for the Oracle DB to run on. And that 'host OS' cannot be a 'home' edition of windows.
So it is more than relevant that OP know the risks they are taking if they use a 'home' edition of Windows and then expect ANY Oracle product to run on it without problems if it is not supported by Oracle.

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Scenario: Phisical machine Windows 7 32b, virtual box v 3.2.12
Virtual machine Oracle Linux 5.6 64b installed without problems (I have installed several machines with p.e. SuSE 10 64b,
SuSE 11 64b and installed Oracle 10g without problems, Linux Oracle 5.6 with Oracle DB 11 ok)
Trying to install Oracle 10.2.0.1 (need to be this version) every time I exec runInstaller, it begins, but simply freezes the
machine. Each time it freezes at different points: sometimes at the first screen, other times I can reach the last screen with
the install button.
¿can someone give any ideas ?
Thanks

First attempt
The oui freezed the virtual machine, in the screen where i was setting the users passwords
Checking the oraInventory/logs folder, ther are 3 files:
     1) orainstallxxxx.err      is empty
     2) orainstallxxxx.out     is empty
     3) InstallActions.log: as follows (I'll cut several "middle" lines because of the 30000 characters limits in the forums messages)
INFO: Using paramFile: /opt/install/database/install/oraparam.ini
INFO: Checking installer requirements...
INFO: Checking operating system version: must be redhat-3, SuSE-9, redhat-4, redhat-5, UnitedLinux-1.0, asianux-1 or asianux-2
INFO: Passed
INFO: All installer requirements met.
INFO: The number of files bootstrapped for the jre is 619.
INFO:
INFO: The number of files bootstrapped for the oui is 94.
INFO: Execvp of the child jre : the cmdline is /tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/jre/1.4.2/bin/java, and the argv is
INFO: /tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/jre/1.4.2/bin/java
INFO: -Doracle.installer.library_loc=/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/lib/linux
INFO: -Doracle.installer.oui_loc=/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui
INFO: -Doracle.installer.bootstrap=TRUE
INFO: -Doracle.installer.startup_location=/opt/install/database/install
INFO: -Doracle.installer.jre_loc=/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/jre/1.4.2
INFO: -Doracle.installer.nlsEnabled="TRUE"
INFO: -Doracle.installer.prereqConfigLoc=/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/prereq
INFO: -Doracle.installer.unixVersion=2.6.32-100.26.2.el5
INFO: -mx150m
INFO: -cp
INFO: /tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/OraInstaller.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/oneclick.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/xmlparserv2.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/srvm.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/share.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/OraInstallerNet.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/xml.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/orai18n-collation.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/orai18n-mapping.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/emCfg.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/ojmisc.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/InstImages.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/InstHelp.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/InstHelp_de.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/InstHelp_es.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/InstHelp_fr.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/InstHelp_it.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/InstHelp_ja.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/InstHelp_ko.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/InstHelp_pt_BR.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/InstHelp_zh_CN.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/InstHelp_zh_TW.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/oracle_ice.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/help4.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/help4-nls.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/ewt3.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/ewt3-swingaccess.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/ewt3-nls.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/swingaccess.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/classes12.jar::/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/OraPrereq.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/jewt4.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/jewt4-nls.jar
INFO: oracle.sysman.oio.oioc.OiocOneClickInstaller
INFO: /tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/jre/1.4.2/bin/java
INFO: -Doracle.installer.library_loc=/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/lib/linux
INFO: -Doracle.installer.oui_loc=/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui
INFO: -Doracle.installer.bootstrap=TRUE
INFO: -Doracle.installer.startup_location=/opt/install/database/install
INFO: -Doracle.installer.jre_loc=/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/jre/1.4.2
INFO: -Doracle.installer.nlsEnabled="TRUE"
INFO: -Doracle.installer.prereqConfigLoc=/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/prereq
INFO: -Doracle.installer.unixVersion=2.6.32-100.26.2.el5
INFO: -mx150m
INFO: -cp
INFO: /tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/OraInstaller.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/oneclick.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/xmlparserv2.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/srvm.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/share.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/OraInstallerNet.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/xml.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/orai18n-collation.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/orai18n-mapping.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/emCfg.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/ojmisc.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/InstImages.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/InstHelp.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/InstHelp_de.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/InstHelp_es.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/InstHelp_fr.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/InstHelp_it.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/InstHelp_ja.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/InstHelp_ko.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/InstHelp_pt_BR.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/InstHelp_zh_CN.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/InstHelp_zh_TW.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/oracle_ice.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/help4.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/help4-nls.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/ewt3.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/ewt3-swingaccess.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/ewt3-nls.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/swingaccess.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/classes12.jar::/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/OraPrereq.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/jewt4.jar:/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/oui/jlib/jewt4-nls.jar
INFO: oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicInstaller
INFO: UnixGroups="{oinstall,dba,}"
INFO: -scratchPath
INFO: /tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM
INFO: -sourceLoc
INFO: /opt/install/database/install/../stage/products.xml
INFO: -sourceType
INFO: network
INFO: -timestamp
INFO: 2011-05-24_11-54-43PM
INFO: -oneclick
INFO: Environment Variables:
INFO:      ORACLE_HOME =
INFO:      PATH = /opt/install/database/install:/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/oracle/bin
INFO:      CLASSPATH =
INFO: Username:oracle
INFO: Setting variable 'PREREQ_CONFIG_LOCATION' to '/tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/prereq'. Received the value from variable association.
INFO: Reader/Writer 'oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicGlobalContextXMLReaderWriter' was created.
INFO: Retrieving the global context: OiicGlobalContext.getGlobalContext()
INFO:
*** Welcome Page***
INFO:
*** Specify Inventory directory and credentials Page***
INFO: Setting the 'InventoryLocation ( INVENTORY_LOCATION )' property to '/opt/oracle/oraInventory'. Received the value from the UI page.
INFO: Setting the 'UnixInstallGroup ( UNIX_GROUP_NAME )' property to 'oinstall'. Received the value from the UI page.
INFO: Initializing install inventory
INFO: Setting up install inventory
INFO: Unable to read the list of homes from the inventory.
INFO: Oracle Universal Installer version is 10.2.0.1.0
INFO:
*** Specify Source Location Page***
INFO: Initializing OUI Shiphome access setup
INFO: DefaultifyLangiages : Value of oracle.installer.defaultifyLanguages : false
INFO: fetch the file: /opt/install/database/stage/shiphomeinfo.properties
INFO: Performing operation for OUI Shiphome access setup
INFO:
*** Select a Product to Install Page***
INFO: Setting the 'TopLevelComp ( ToplevelComp )' property to 'oracle.server, 10.2.0.1.0, >0.0.0.0.0, [ 46 ][OH:2]'. Received the value from the default settings.
INFO:
*** Select Installation Type Page***
INFO: Setting the 'InstallType ( DEP_MODE )' property to 'EE'. Received the value from the UI page.
INFO: Setting the 'TopLevelInstallType ( TLDepModes )' property to 'EE,'. Received the value from the UI page.
INFO: The selected install type is "Enterprise Edition".
INFO:
*** Specify Home Details Page***
INFO: Setting the 'OracleHome ( ORACLE_HOME )' property to '/opt/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1'. Received the value from the UI page.
INFO: Setting the 'OracleHomeName ( ORACLE_HOME_NAME )' property to 'OraDb10g_home1'. Received the value from the UI page.
INFO: Initializing OUI Oracle Home access setup
INFO: Setting variable 'ORACLE_HOME' to '/opt/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1'. Received the value from the UI page.
INFO: Loading shiphomepropertiesfrom /tmp/OraInstall2011-05-24_11-54-43PM/shiphomeproperties.xml
INFO: DefaultifyLangiages : Value of oracle.installer.defaultifyLanguages : false
INFO: Setting the PROD_HOME variable of 'oracle.server_10.2.0.1.0' to ''. Received the value from the variable calculation.
INFO: oracle.server Product Location: Empty path specified.
INFO: This is not a cluster system.
variable = oracle.sysman.server.EMConfigureOption
value = LOCAL
INFO: Query Returned: true
INFO: Setting variable 's_recoveryAreaDestination' to ' -recoveryAreaDestination NO_VALUE '. Received the value from a code block.
INFO:
*** Specify Database Schema Passwords Page***

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I have installed Solaris 10 (guest OS)via Virtual Box in XP (host OS).I would like to install Oracle 10g in Solaris 10 but prerequisite s/w like SUNWi1cs and SUNWi15cs aren’t installed.
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How would I access this directory ?Will this mean mounting the CD-ROM with a Solaris 10 DVD-R disc or can I access the Solaris 10 virtual box files in the XP path shown below
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