Questions tagged [virtual-machine]
A virtual machine is an emulation of a guest operating system, running on virtualized hardware within a host operating system.
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Running Doom 1 in a Linux virtual machine with 8 bit color
I'm trying to compile and run the original Doom 1 game in a Linux based virtual machine. I've managed to get the source code compiled (from here: https://github.com/id-Software/DOOM) but I can't run ...
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Windows 10 virtualization on Ubuntu vs. Ubuntu virtualization on Windows 10
We need our Windows 10 app and our ubuntu app to both run on the same laptop, and communicate by sharing files (probably using Samba file interface between Windows and Ubuntu). There will be a lot of ...
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How to run virtual machines on top of Windows 7?
I have a couple of Windows 2000 Virtual machines. The virtual machine built into Windows 7 runs WinXP VMs fine, but anything previous to that...the experience is pretty crappy (for one, integration ...
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How to map an address of a guest OS to host OS
Given a guest OS address on a virtual machine, how can I map it to host OS and vice versa.
I am running a guest OS (Ubuntu 16.04) using QEMU emulator (version 2.5.0 (Debian 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.26)) ...
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VirtualBox access services from guest on host over WiFi
I've read that the network bridge in VirtualBox over WiFi works slowly. For me it doesn't work at all because the request in the browser takes too long and times out.
Is there any way else than ...
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XenServer 7.5 Virtual Machines not booting without installation media
I recently turned an old gaming computer into a server and decided to put XenServer 7.5 on so I could flip between Windows and Linux servers. Installation of the hypervisor went well and I proceeded ...
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Using a physical ISA graphics card in a virtual machine
So I want to set out to setup a highly functional Windows 98 gaming setup within my Ubuntu installation. Where my question arises is from my understanding of these two points:
A) USB devices are ...
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What kind of licensing would you need for a Windows VM? [closed]
Here is the scenario; I plan to have at least four Windows-based virtual machines running on a Linux host using VirtualBox on my network. My users will connect to their assigned virtual machine (...
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VirtualBox CentOS 7 installation- why just command line, no desktop?
In one of my previous jobs, I used a number of Virtual Machines as part of the development process for our software (CentOS 5, CentOS 7 & Windows XP). The VMs were mainly used for hosting the back-...
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Zoom in and out in Virtual Machine (Windows)
I have a Mac and I use Parallels Desktop where Windows 10 is installed. I want to record a video from screen in Windows 10 (Microsoft Excel). Sometimes, I need to zoom in and out to show a specific ...
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Linux KVM/QEMU Guest bridge networking issue
I have a KVM Guest with an adapter that is attached to a bridge interface, which has a physical nic. The physical nic's network has DHCP in the 192.168.1.0/24 range.
My guest does not get a DHCP ...
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'Bridged' and 'Host Only' network settings in Virtualbox - Advice please
I'm setting up a mini Penetration-testing lab, for training purposes, in Virtualbox. I want to connect to the Host Machine's wifi.
Is it possible to create a ‘Bridged’ network connection to a Host ...
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Getting a VMnet0 error in VMWare workstation after updating host computer from Windows 8 to 8.1
Yesterday, I updated my computer from Windows 8 to 8.1. I have VMWare Workstation 10 running Windows XP on this computer and prior to the update I had no issues connecting to my network. However, ...
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How can I use two keyboards and two mice to control two different programs on the same computer as if they were on separated machines?
I need to run two programs, each on a different display ( primary and secondary display ) on the same windows 7 machine. How can I use two USB keyboards and two mice to control these two programs ...
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Does using NETSTAT command in VM host show connections from an active VM guest?
I understand this is a kind of dumb question.
EDIT: I mean, if you run NETSTAT in a OS which HOSTS a VM, will the command return the guest VM's connections?
The logic says that all connections ...
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VMware Fusion black screen on boot
I'm having this issue with VMware Fusion recently when I try to start metasploitable 2 virtual machine which is basically Ubuntu. So once I click on "start up" button I get a solid black screen and ...
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How to compact / shrink a Dynamically Allocated virtual box vmdk file on a ubuntu guest after deleting a bunch of files?
I have a very old virtual box with ubuntu 14 guest installed. Its currently taking up over 50GB and I just deletect 35GB of data on this virtualbox, but since the hard drive is Dynamically allocated ...
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How do I resize a virtual disk AND map that in a vagrant environment?
I don't know if I worded my question correctly, but I'll do my best to explain my problem here.
I've been working on resizing a virtual disk for a server my company uses. It recently filled to the ...
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LAN visible to VirtualBox VM with NAT adapter
https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch06.html Virtualbox official documentation shows this quick reference chart for different networking modes and their capabilities.
It clearly marks that VM to Host ...
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How can I create a virtual switch which allows the virtual client to communicate with the host but not with the internet
I'm using Windows 10 Enterprise and the Hyper-V Manager.
I want that my virtual machine is able to see the host but not the
cooperate network and internet.
I want to be able to connect from
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Switch focus between monitors in multi-monitor setup
I'm using a multi-monitor setup and I often use the second screen as a display for a virtual machine.
My problem is that I haven't found a good way to switch between the virtual machine and the host ...
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PsExec: Handle is invalid | Error deriving session key
While running some automated scripts I get the following error:
Handle is invalid.
Connecting to local system...
Starting PSEXESVC service on local system...
Connecting with PsExec service on XXX...
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Is there some trick to resizing encrypted VirtualBox `.vdi`s?
For resizing normal .vdi drives in VirtualBox, my procedure was:
Cleanup snapshots and shutdown the Guest
`VBoxManage modifyhd --resize
Boot VM with live CD and resize the partition inside
That ...
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VMWare server vs. VMWare player Speed Difference [closed]
I was under the impression that VMWare server was better/faster than VMWare Player. I finally got it installed and found that it's slower than VMWare player on my system. I tried connecting to the VM ...
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Is it possible to run a single VM on two bare mettal?
I have two bare-metal machines with the following configuration:
machine1
CPU: 4 cores
ram: 16GB
HD: 200GB
machine2
cpu: 4 cores
ram: 16GB
HD: 200GB
is it possible to have a VM using these two ...
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Moving Large Amounts of Data to Virtual Machine
I have a physical server right now with a repository of many gigabytes of media files I need to move to a new virtual machine that will act as my new web server. However, I am not sure what is the ...
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Linux/Google Cloud VM Instance give permissions to SSH key user
I created an SSH key to connect my google VM instance to FileZilla. But I get permission errors.
For example, I want to replace the index.html.
But I get:
How do I get my SSH key user to have full ...
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Is there a way to run VMWare VMs faster than normal?
I run a ton of blackbox tests that have code that look something like this:
Do something
Wait 30 seconds or so for something to expire from the cache
Do something else
Etc...
Since the tests are all ...
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When i have multiple VM hosts using NAT, does that mean all of them are behind a single virtual router or each of them have a dedicated router?
So in a networking perspective, when i run many hosts on my VMware and set all of them to use NAT, does it mean that each of them are behind a virtual router that is using NAT or all of them are ...
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How to turn virtual Win10 to 64bit with Virtual Box on Win10 when Hyper V doesn't work?
EDIT: Hyper V isn't compatible with Virtual Box anyway as mentioned in a comment
- but I leave it in the title since others might fall for the same issue as me.
I'm running Win10 on a virtual ...
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Is it possible to add a VM to an existing VLAN on a physical network?
I have a Cisco ASA 5505 running firewalls and other network functionalities including a VLAN and I have VMware workstation running multiple VM that have Active Directory, DNS, and other services.
I ...
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Can I run a VPN on a host machine through a VM to connect to Tor?
I thought I'd give a VPN a shot with Tor on top. I understand that you connect to your VPN provider first then Tor. I want to run the VPN client on my host machine and use the Tor browser to connect ...
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How to configure the router between two different internal network in Virtualbox?
I would like to build this network in Virtualbox:
I use OpenBSD for routers, this OS is pretty easy,and well commented to configure, however I still got one problem. Router named router02 can access ...
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Best way to setup Windows laptop for easy recovery [closed]
I'm a software developer and have lots of system configured aspects on my development Windows 10 laptop (SQL Server, IIS, IDEs, etc). Over the years, I've had several hardware failures and the ...
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Lost files after running chkdsk /f :e
I have a laptop with Ubuntu as the main OS. Inside Ubuntu I use VMware Workstation on which I have a Windows 7 VM. Inside this Win7 VM I used a USB drive to store some important data. I moved the ...
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Creating multiple bridges connected to one eth port
I want to create 6 VMs in KVM on an ubuntu 16.04. But I want these VMs be accessible from outside directly. To explain more, I have another PC that is connected to first one and I want to be able to ...
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Paste non-ASCII characters into console of a Virtual Machine
Host OS: Windows 10.0.15063 Build 15063 Enterprise
Guest OS: Ubuntu 18.04 Server (headless - no X Windows running)
VMWare Workstation 14.1.2 Pro
I am able to view non-ASCII characters in the Ubuntu ...
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VirtualBox on Windows 10 Pro using BitLocker only allows 32-bit guests
I've recently had my Windows 7 Professional laptop re-imaged to Windows 10 Enterprise as part of a Proof of Concept trial. BitLocker is enabled for encryption and I've re-installed VirtualBox which I'...
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I can't turn on virtualization to run Ubuntu in Virtual Box on my AMD-V machine
I set up Ubuntu in Virtual Box (the version 4.3.28.0, I uploaded it older, because new version makes mistakes), and when I start it, it emit this error:
Failed to open a session for the virtual ...
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Resizing VirtualBox's disk size [duplicate]
I have a VM (VirtualBox) and its disk partitions are set up like this:
$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 979M 0 979M 0% /dev
tmpfs 200M 24M ...
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How to config Windows firewall so VM Host-only can ping Windows 7
I start a VM (Linux) in a host-only network connection (manual IP address: 192.168.8.123) under Windows 7. After turning off the VM firewall, I can ping the VM from Windows.
However, when I tried to ...
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CentOS 7 Virtualbox VM SSH Connection Suddenly Refused
I am new to linux and am working with a minimal CentOS 7 installation on a VM running on Virtualbox with a Win10 host.
Up until today, I was able to use PuTTy and WinSCP to SSH into the VM from the ...
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Isolate (secure) multiple boot images from harming my PC
Is it possible to protect my bare-metal from compromise, so that I can be fairly confident that (for example) restoring a VHDX system image every month keeps me clean? If so, how?
I'm building a ...
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How to connect two virtual machines with accessible private IP address
I am trying to have some VMs on two Ubuntu hosts using KVM (two seperate machines).
I want all these VMs to be accessible with their private IPs (or public IPs). I know the local IPs of the VMs can ...
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How to Keep running VirualBox guest OS even when Host system logs off?
I am new to Virtual Box. To complete one of the project I choose VirtualBox. I am running Kubuntu 64 bit OS on Virtual Box and Mac OS High Sierra as Host OS.
I am running a Perl Script in guest OS ...
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VM: Mac OSX Host, Windows Guest: Use VT-d so that the fast GPU is available for the VM?
Vt-d is enabled in recent MacBook Pros, but I did not find any information on actual gpu sharing.
Is it possible to set up a MacBook Pro with two GPUs (Intel, nVidia or AMD) so that I can use the ...
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Issues mapping IIS server to custom domain name in Azure VM
I created a new VM from Microsoft Azure portal. I've configure my local website on IIS and its working fine when I browse my website from localhost.
Here I attached screen shot:
But I want to run ...
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Completely isolating my VM from my host machine
I'm scam-baiting fake tech support people (like the ones who ask you to go to 7/11 and buy $200 Google Play gift cards for payment after running netstat and saying that you've been hacked). Most of ...
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Why are Virtual Machines operating system/distro specific?
Why do virtual machine programs (Virtual Box, VMware, etc.) ask what operating system and, in the case of Linux, distro will be running in a virtual machine?
I would think that the VM program would ...
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Virtualbox consuming all of my memory
System specs are as follows:
62.8GB of RAM
1TB of Hard drive space - Samsung 960 Pro M.2
CPU is an AMD Threadripper 1950x - 16Core
Running Ubuntu 17.10
Virtualbox 5.1.34_Ubuntur121010
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